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A precise, painful strike at the Assad regime's inner sanctum

The killing of senior officials at the National Security command center in Damascus might eventually be seen as the turning point in the civil war.

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The assassination of Syrian Defense Minister Daoud Abdallah Rajha and Deputy Defense Minister Assef Shawkat in an explosion Wednesday afternoon in Damascus appears to be the most significant achievement of the Syrian opposition in their struggle to bring down Bashar Assad's regime.

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