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(FILES) A picture released on September 8, 2011, by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows Syrian Defence Minister, General Daoud Rajha, who was then the deputy commander of the Syrian armed forces, attending the graduation ceremony of a new batch of students from the Assad Academy of Military Engineering in Aleppo. Rajha was killed on July 18, 2012, in a suicide bombing targeting the National Security headquarters in central Damascus, state television reported. AFP PHOTO/HO/SANA == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY CREDIT «AFP PHOTO / HO / SANA» – NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ==