EU representative killed in rocket attack in Syria

Ahmad Shihadeh, a policy officer with the EU delegation in Syria, was killed Tuesday in the Damascus suburb of Daraya, where he lived, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said Wednesday. A spokesman for Ashton said Shihadeh was Syrian, 32 years old, and had worked for the EU for five years. It was the first death in the Syrian civil war of an EU employee.

Shihadeh “died while providing humanitarian help to the community of (Daraya),” Ashton said. “Ahmad was known for his courage and selflessness.”

Both Ashton and Jose Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission, extended condolences to Shihadeh's family and friends. The Commission is the EU's executive arm.

Ashton took the occasion to call for an end to the conflict.

“As we approach the second anniversary of the uprising in Syria, I call again on all sides to take urgent steps to end the violence, which has led to the deaths of some 100,000 innocent citizens and over one million refugees seeking shelter in neighboring countries,” she said.

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