Armed attack targets Dean of Faculty of Arts at Damascus University

Unknown gunmen attempted to assassinate Dr. Ali Al-Lahham, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Damascus University, using firearms and a hand grenade, amid ongoing security chaos in Transitional government- controlled areas in Syria.

Armed attack targets Dean of Faculty of Arts at Damascus University
12 October, 2025   21:00
NEWS DESK

According to reports, the assailants threw a hand grenade at the dean’s office, which failed to detonate, before fleeing the scene.

Local sources indicated that the attack was motivated by “disputes over low failure rates in certain university courses,” and suggested that the attackers are believed to be close to a student at the faculty.

This incident comes about a month after the killing of Dr. Basel Zeno, a lecturer at Aleppo University’s Faculty of Medicine, who was shot by armed assailants outside his clinic in the city on September 2.

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