Syrian Official's Suicide Investigated Syria's Interior Minister Ghazi Kenaan committed suicide in his office in Damascus Wednesday. Authorities are investigating his death. Steve Inskeep talks to Joshua Landis, assistant professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Oklahoma.

Syrian Official's Suicide Investigated

Listen

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4956878/4956879" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">

Syrian Official's Suicide Investigated

Middle East

Syrian Official's Suicide Investigated

October 13, 200512:00 AM ET

Heard on Morning Edition

Syrian Official's Suicide Investigated

Listen

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4956878/4956879" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">

Syria's Interior Minister Ghazi Kenaan committed suicide in his office in Damascus Wednesday. Authorities are investigating his death. Steve Inskeep talks to Joshua Landis, assistant professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Oklahoma.