Nawaf Ghazaleh

Nawaf Ghazaleh (Arabic: نواف غزالة‎) (1927 – November 20, 2005) was a Syrian Druze who assassinated the overthrown Syrian president Adib Shishakli.

Assassination of Shishakli

The assassination took place on September 27, 1964, in Brazil, where Shishkhali was in exile.[1] Ghazaleh approached Shishkhali while he was crossing a bridge between the cities Ceres and Rialma, and exchanged a few words with him before shooting him five times with a pistol.[2] It was revenge for Shishakli's military campaign in Jabal al-Druze.[3] The Ghazaleh clan had taken some of the largest casualties during the assault.[2]

Legacy

During a speech in 2006, Lebanese Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt called for the killing of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad by referring to Nawaf Ghazaleh: "A (Nawaf) must emerge one day - and if the international court proves futile, we are (Nawafs) and we are all (Salma Seyour) and we are all (Jamal Saab). No matter how long it take, one of us will emerge and take revenge for all the martyrs, starting from Kamal Jumblatt to Pierre Gemayel who I hope is the last."[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Moubayed, Sami M. (2006). Steel & Silk: Men & Women Who Shaped Syria 1900-2000. Cune Press. p. 340. ISBN 9781885942401.
  2. 1 2 "Syria: Vengeance for the Druzes". Time Magazine. October 9, 1964. (subscription required)
  3. ↑ Landis, John (1998). "Shishakli and the Druzes: Integration and Intransigence". In Phillip, Thomas; Schäbler, Birgit. The Syrian Land: Processes of Integration and Fragmentation. Franz Steiner Verlag. pp. 369–396. ISBN 9783515073097.
  4. ↑ "MP Jumblatt on suspicion calls for vengeance and murder of President Assad". Alahednews. December 25, 2006.
  5. ↑ "Walid Jumblatt calls for killing Syrian President Bashar Assad". Bintjbeil.org. December 25, 2006.


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