Druze leader Walid Joumblatt delivering his speech at the 48th commemoration of the assassination of his father, Kamal Joumblatt, in Moukhtara, March 16, 2025. (Credit: Fadel Itani/AFP)
Walid Joumblatt was in tears, along with his political heir, Taymour. This year, the commemoration of the assassination of his father, Kamal Joumblatt — the founder of the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP), who was killed on March 16, 1977 — is unlike any other. It came nearly more than three months after the fall of the Assad regime [on Dec. 8, 2024]. The latter has long been accused of being behind the crime, and about 10 days after the arrest of Ibrahim Houeija, the former head of the Syrian Air Force intelligence directorate under Hafez al-Assad. Read more Who is Ibrahim Houeija, suspected of involvement in Kamal Jumblatt's assassination? “Now that the new Syrian authorities, led by [interim president] Ahmad al-Sharaa, arrested the person responsible for the crime … I hereby declare, on behalf of the family and the party, the...
Walid Joumblatt was in tears, along with his political heir, Taymour. This year, the commemoration of the assassination of his father, Kamal Joumblatt — the founder of the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP), who was killed on March 16, 1977 — is unlike any other. It came nearly more than three months after the fall of the Assad regime [on Dec. 8, 2024]. The latter has long been accused of being behind the crime, and about 10 days after the arrest of Ibrahim Houeija, the former head of the Syrian Air Force intelligence directorate under Hafez al-Assad. Read more Who is Ibrahim Houeija, suspected of involvement in Kamal Jumblatt's assassination? “Now that the new Syrian authorities, led by [interim president] Ahmad al-Sharaa, arrested the person responsible for the crime … I hereby declare, on behalf of the family and the...