Chief of Free Syrian Army survives assassination attempt

The leader of the Free Syrian Army Riad Al-Asaad survived an assignation attempt in Turkey by an explosive device planted in the engine of his car that killed his son Mohamed.

Al-Asaad announced the death of his son on Twitter.

This assassination attempt came almost a year after another attempt by a warplane affiliated to Bashar Al-Assad’s forces that targeted him in Deir Al-Zoor. His leg was cut in the incident.

Last November, several media outlets reported Al-Asaad had died, but he denied the news himself.

Al-Asaad has been critical of the performance of the Syrian opposition and called them agents of the Syrian regime. He said: “The revolution is on-going and it will sweep everyone in its way.”