Takfiri Terrorists Assassinate Syrian Politician Jammo in Sarafand, South Lebanon

Beirut, (ST)- Within the framework of targeting Syrian national experts and cadres, the armed terrorist groups on Wednesday assassinated Dr. Mohammad  Dirar Jammo, Head of the Political and International Relations Department of the International  Arab Expatriates Organization outside his house in the southern Lebanese coastal town of Sarafand.

Security sources said Jammo, 44, who is married to Siham Younis, a Lebanese woman from Sarafand, and has a daughter only, was fatally shot at close range by an automatic assault rifle. He was immediately martyred, while the terrorists fled the scene .

The Lebanese security forces and judiciary members rushed to the scene and kicked off investigations.

According to al-Manar website, the martyr’s body has been transferred to Alaeddine Hospital in the south. The security forces initiated its investigations to determine the circumstances of the incident and uncover the perpetrators.

It is noteworthy that the martyr often appeared on Arab TV stations as a political analyst, and he’s one of the strongest defenders of Syria’s sovereignty.

BPRL: Takfiri Thinking

The Regional Leadership of the Baath Arab Socialist Party (BPRL) stressed that the assassination of political analyst Jammo in Lebanon “indicates the criminal nature, unprecedented hatred and the primitive takfiri thinking which control the mind and culture of the terrorist gangs and the parties supporting and covering their crimes.”

In a statement, of which SANA got a copy, the Baath Party Regional Leadership said “the crime is a direct assault on the freedom of speech which is recognized and respected by international laws and which is placed at the top of the values and principles of developed countries.”

The leadership affirmed the need to uncover the perpetrators of the crime and sentence them to hardest penalties. It also urged exposing inciters and partners in this savage act and putting them to trial in order to deter all who think of committing such inhuman acts and murders.

“This assassination crime won’t  discourage Syrian journalists to say the truth, reveal facts and continue their confrontation of the heinous war and conspiracy hatched against the Syrian people and their values and humanitarian mission,” the Regional Leadership said.

“The Syrian national media will keep being  a truthful national resisting media which defends the just causes of the Syrian people, Arab nation and freedom loving peoples,” the Leadership concluded.   

Information Ministry Condemns  

In its statement, the Information Ministry strongly condemned the assassination of politician and media figure Jammo. It said the crime reflect s how much hatred the armed gangs carry for all who differ with them.

 “The crime affirms that those barbaric and narrow-minded gangs don’t understand the language of dialogue, logic or politics. They don’t respect knowledge, culture or even humanitarian existence,” the ministry said.

It called on the Lebanese authorities to investigate the crime to uncover murderers and put them to trial to be punished for their heinous crimes.        

Political Crime

Lebanese caretaker Interior Minister Marwan Charbel  stressed that Jammo’s assassination is a “political crime”.

In a statement to al-Nour radio, Charbel said the difficult political and security environment surrounding Lebanon, in addition to the big quantity of weapons being used in different Lebanese areas are a source of worry.

“Assassinations, explosive devices, booby-trapped cars are the result of the critical political environment in Lebanon,” Charbel added, urging the Lebanese to be aware of the sneaking danger threatening their country.

H. Mustafa