Damascus official says Maher Assad 'has absconded' Syria and his whereabouts are unknownSyrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir
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's brother Maher Assad may be missing, several Arab media outlets reported on Thursday that the younger Assad has not been seen in quite some time.
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Damascus
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MP Khaled Daher was quoted as saying that Maher Assad had "absconded Syria."
"Whether he is injured and is being treated away from the limelight, or Bashir al-Assad is keeping him away from the military operations -- we don't know," he told the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Anbaa.
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Lieutenant Colonel Maher Assad heads the Syrian Army's Fourth Division, which oversees security for Damascus and includes the elite Republican Guard.
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He is considered to be a ruthless military commander and one of the most feared people in the Syrian government.
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Maher Assad's division is leading the brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protesters across Syria. The United Nations
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believed over 5,000 people have been killed by the Damascus regime since mid-March.