This undated combo image made of 3 photos released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows former defense minister Hassan Turkmani, left, Syrian Defense Minister Gen. Dawoud Rajha, center, and Bashar Assad's brother-in-law Major General Assef Shawkat, right, in Damascus, Syria. Syrian government forces struck back against rebels with attack helicopters and shelling around Damascus Thursday, July 19, 2012 a day after an audacious bomb attack that killed three senior members of the ruling regime. (AP Photo/SANA)

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