From Kanaan to Jamaa: Syrian leaders killed, million secrets buried

News about killing of Major General Jamaa Jamma Thursday in Deir al-Zor stunned Lebanese people because he used to be the notorious Syrian military intelligence officer who scared them to death along with the politicians at the infamous Beirut "Beau Rivage" Syrian prison.

He was interrogated by concerned international bodies for alleged involvement in former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri assassination in 2005.

Reports say that he was involved in the assassination of slain president René Mouawad as well.

Jamaa Jamaa's name is listed on the U.S blacklist for being a suspect in spreading terrorism across Lebanon.

When media reported that Jamaa was killed by a gunshot wound to his head, while performing his duties to pursue terrorists, regime figures hinted at an assassinating plot to bury with him facts he should never unveil and some are certainly related to Lebanon.

Before Jamaa, when General Assef Shawkat, Bashar Assad's brother-in-law, was killed as being head of Military Intelligence, deputy chief-of-staff of the armed forces and defense minister, in a bomb attack at the headquarters of Syria's national security bureau, it was said that his killing was plotted by the regime in order to prevent a potential coup. However these reports remained rumors knowing that many secrets were buried with the slain too.

Also the suicide of Commander of Syrian intelligence in Lebanon General Ghazi Kanaan raised so much doubt about an assassination plot mainly because he was interrogated by Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) and he certainly knew too much.

Jamaa's death is considered as a severe blow to the Syrian regime; the assassination plot is possible however the observers rule it out, but anyway it is certain that the repercussions of his death will affect the regime: either it will reinforce or it will weaken it, regardless the assailant identity.