Syrian history prof. & grand mufti’s son killed

SYRIA- State-run news agency SANA confirmed that late night on Sunday an armed terrorist group assassinated Professor of History at Aleppo University Dr. Mohammad al-Omar while he was on his way to the university, accompanied by Saria Hassoun, son of Grand Mufti of the Republic Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun, who was injured in the attack and succumbed later to his injuries after being admitted to Idleb National Hospital.

Armed terrorists have killed the son of Syria's grand mufti together with a Syrian university professor, making the two the latest victims of a new wave of assassinations, which has hit the country, Press TV reported early on Monday.

On Sunday, an armed terrorist group ambushed Saria, son of the leading clergy, Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun, and professor of history at Aleppo University, Mohammad al-Omar, while the two were accompanying each other on the way to the university in the northwest of the country, Syria's state Arab News Agency (SANA) reported....