From the Guardian it looks like Syrian State TV have confirmed that the Syrian Defence Minister was killed this morning in an explosion during a meeting with other high-ranking officials. I have to say I'm shocked at how quickly the FSA assualt on Damascus is proceeding - is the end game really coming so soon?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/...
3:49 AM PT: Couple of other bits of news/speculation.
Syrian interior minister and Assad's brother-in-law Assef Shawkat wounded in Damascus explosion - Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV.
Incident was a suicide bombing carried out by Defence Minister's bodyguard.
4:02 AM PT: Hezbollah TV is now saying Assad's brother-in-law, Assef Shawkat, is dead.
4:59 AM PT: From the Guardian.
Hezbollah's TV station now says four top officials were killed: defence minister Dawoud Rajha, Assad's brother-in-law Assef Shawkat, interior minister Mohammad Ibrahim al-Shaar, and the head of the national security office.
Also reports of gunfire in the room following the bomb, possibly indicating that it was not a suicide bombing?