Growing Dissension In Syrian President Assad's Inner Circle?

NOW: Feared Syrian security chief dead

Rustom Ghazaleh had been beaten upon the orders of a rival and then dismissed by Assad.

BEIRUT – Notorious Syrian security chief Rustom Ghazaleh has died weeks after a violent altercation with a fellow regime official, according to a leading pro-Damascus media outlet.

Lebanon’s Al-Mayadeen network on Friday morning reported that “former Syrian army political security chief General Rustom Ghazaleh has died.”

Syria’s state TV has yet to confirm Ghazaleh the story, however other outlets supporting the Bashar al-Assad regime carried reports of his death.

Update #1: Ex-Syria spy chief in Lebanon Rustom Ghazaleh has died -- Daily Star
Update #2: Syria's sacked political spy chief dead: family -- AFP
Update #3: The reasons behind the murder of ex-Syrian spy chief Rustom Ghazaleh -- Abdulrahman al-Rashed, Al Arabiya

WNU Editor: When senior officers and commanders in your inner circle are threatening and killing each other .... that tells me that you are losing control of your inner circle. But I do not believe that after 4 years of war that Assad is suddenly losing control of his inner circle .... there is probably more to this story .... we are just not privy to it yet.