Mohammed al-Awwad

Mohammed Abdul-Hamid al-Awwad was a Syrian brigadier general who was assassinated in Damascus during the Syrian civil war. The official Syrian government news agency disclosed that he was killed by armed men, who also wounded his driver in the attack.

Assassination Al-Awwad's car was ambushed when he was heading to the unit he commanded in the eastern Ghouta region of Rif Dimashq. The driver testified that a taxi had passed their car, while four gunmen shot al-Awwad in the head. He was from the Damascus Countryside.