The Central Crisis Management Cell (CCMC) ( Arabic : خلية إدارة الأزمة السورية ), also known as the Syrian Crisis Cell , was a secret security committee established by the Syrian government in March 2011 to coordinate the response to civilian protest and internal dissent. It was headed by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad , and its members included the heads of the National Security Office , Military Intelligence Directorate , Air Force Intelligence Directorate , Political Security Directorate , and General Intelligence Directorate , as well as the Ministers of Interior and Defense.
15-463: The CCMC met regularly in an office on the first floor of the Baath Party's Regional Command in central Damascus. It focused on identifying opposition figures and taking the necessary steps to crush dissent. CCMC members agreed on a plan at the end of each meeting, and minutes were sent via courier to Bashar al-Assad at the presidential palace, who approved and signed proposals, then returned them to
30-515: A higher military education: Rajiha attained the rank of major general in 1998 and was appointed as the Syrian Army's deputy chief of staff six years later, in 2004. In 2005, he received a promotion to the rank of general called Imad (a rank in the Syrian armed forces between major general and lieutenant general). When Ali Habib Mahmud was named to head the ministry of defense in 2009, Rajiha
45-520: A secret member of the Syrian government opposition employed by the CCMC to process confidential security memos, leaked detailed minutes from CCMC meetings to Al Jazeera . This Syria -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Dawoud Rajiha Dawoud Abdallah Rajiha ( Arabic : داود راجحة ; 1947 – 18 July 2012; forename sometimes transliterated Dawood or Daoud , surname sometimes transliterated Rajha)
60-672: The CCMC for implementation. The CCMC is headed by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and comprises the following members On 18 July 2012, a meeting of the CCMC at the National Security headquarters in Damascus was subject to a bombing attack that led to the deaths of the Syrian Defense Minister Dawoud Rajiha , Deputy Defense Minister Assef Shawkat , and the assistant to the vice president General Hasan Turkmani . In 2012, Abdulhalim Barakat,
75-595: The Council of the European Union added Addounia TV to its list of sanctioned individuals and entities, on the basis that Addounia TV had "incited violence against the civilian population in Syria. After one months on October 20, 2011 Addounia TV was interrupted on Hotbird. Addounia TV channel said that the sanctions imposed by the European Union contradict media freedom and the international conventions which protect
90-1123: The channel; some of them are: Addounia TV's current presenters includes: News anchors : Wafa Al-Douiri (وفاء الدويري) and Majed Hermuz (مجد هرمز). Other anchors : Roaa Abbas (رؤى عباس), Evleen Haddad (ايفلين حداد), Kinda Asfoura (كندة عصفورة) and Reem Maarouf (ريم معروف). Correspondents which are making also reports for Sama TV : Ahmad al-Aaqel (أحمد العاقل), Kinda al-Khidr (كندة الخضر), Ata Farhat (عطا فرحات), Diana Farfour (ديانا فرفور), Kinana Allouche (كنانة علوش), and Haidar Mustafa (حيدر مصطفى). Notable past presenters now on Sama TV : Nizar Al-Farra (نزار الفرا), Hanaa Al-Saleh (هناء الصالح), Dr. Mohammed Abdel-Hamid (د.محمد عبد الحميد), Salem Al-Sheikh Bakri (سالم الشيخ بكري), Inas Fadhloun (إيناس فضلون), Toulin Mustafa (تولين مصطفى) and Reem Sherkawi (ريم شرقاوي). Other notable past presenters: Salam Ishak (سلام اسحق), Micheline Azar (ميشلين عازار), Wafa Shabrouni (وفاء شبروني), Rania Thanoun (رانيا ذنون), Khansa Al-Hukmiya (خنساء الحكمية), Majed Musallam (مجد مسلم) and Sara Dabbous (سارة دبوس). On September 23, 2011,
105-589: The freedom of expression. Addounia TV has suspended on February 5, 2012 its SMS 'Breaking News' service temporarily because it was hacked by the opposition. The Arab League officially asked the satellite operators Arabsat and Nilesat to stop broadcasting Syrian media, including Addounia TV in June 2012. Syrian State News Agency, SANA, called the move to stop broadcasting a "misleading campaign launched against Syria." President Bashar al-Assad gave an interview on 29 August 2012 to Addounia TV in which he talked on
120-428: The government's Central Crisis Management Cell (CCMC) . It was since proven that the allegations were false and were rebels propaganda. Members of the unit, including former minister of defense Hasan Turkmani , were shown on Syrian television to be alive, and the rebels later stated that only Rajiha's deputy, General Assef Shawkat , and a second official who was not named. Shawkat, the brother-in-law of President Assad,
135-464: The local and regional developments. The whole interview is available on YouTube with English subtitles. On 5 September 2012, Syrian Television Channels broadcast were broken off on Arabsat and Nilesat, including Addounia TV. Journalist Suheil al-Ali from Addounia TV died on 4 January 2013 after suffering wounds from four days prior when opposition fighters opened fire on him in Damascus countryside while on his way home from work. On May 16, 2013,
150-410: The others killed in the bombing were Hasan Turkmani and Assef Shawkat . Fahd Jassem al-Freij was named by President Assad as Rajiha's successor as minister of defense, while it was announced that Addounia TV would broadcast the minister's funeral. A state funeral was held for him, Hasan Turkmani and Assef Shawkat in Damascus on 20 July 2012. Bashar al-Assad did not participate in the ceremony and
165-690: Was a Syrian military officer who was the Minister of Defense from 2011 to July 2012 when he was assassinated along with other senior military officers in a bombing claimed by Syrian rebel forces during the country's Civil War . From 2009 to 2011, Rajiha served as chief of staff of the Syrian Army . Rajiha, a Greek Orthodox Arab Christian, was born in Damascus in 1947. A specialist in artillery, he graduated from Syria's military academy in 1967. Dawoud Abdallah Rajiha attended different courses and
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#1732771811845180-476: Was a private television station based in Damascus , Syria since March 23, 2007. The station is described by some western media as "semi-official" and a "mouthpiece of the government." Addounia TV was a sister channel of Sama TV . The channel was shut down in 2015. Addounia TV features a variety of general-interest programs. News are aired in five daily bulletins: at 2:00 am, 11:00 am, 2:00 pm, 5:00 pm and 8:00 pm (Damascus time). Many other programs are shown on
195-590: Was given the position of army chief of staff. He held this position in 2011, when the Syrian civil war began. On 8 August 2011, he was chosen by President Bashar al-Assad to replace Mahmud as minister of defense. On 20 May 2012, the Damascus council of the Free Syrian Army , among the rebel organizations opposed to the Assad government, alleged that it had assassinated Rajiha and the seven other members of
210-618: Was later shown to have survived, as well. In June 2012, the matter of Rajiha's alleged death was permanently resolved when it was confirmed that he remained Assad's defense minister in the newly formed cabinet. Almost two months after the date of his alleged death, Rajiha was assassinated in a bombing of a meeting of the Central Crisis Management Cell held at the Syrian National Security Building at Rawda Square , Damascus. Among
225-515: Was represented by vice president Farouk al-Sharaa . A military ceremony was also held for him and other two senior officials, Hassan Turkmani and Assef Shawkat, in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Mount Qasioun , overlooking Damascus. Rajiha was married and had four children. Addounia TV Addounia TV ( Arabic : قناة الدنيا الفضائية , lit. ' The World ')
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