Syrian TV shows first images of Assad
President Assad meets General Freij after his swearing-in as Defence Minister in Damascus, in this handout photo distributed by Syrian News Agency (SANA) July 19, 2012. — Reuters/SANA picBEIRUT, July 19 — Syrian state television aired footage today of President Bashar al-Assad swearing in new defence minister Fahad Jassim al-Freij, the first images of the president since a bomb attack yesterday killed three senior official at a security meeting.
State television did not say where or when the footage was filmed but it will allay suspicions that Assad was killed in the attack. — Reuters
