Mohammed Abdul-Hamid al-Awwad (Arabic:محمد عبد الحميد العواد) was a Syrian brigadier general who was assassinated in Damascus during the Syrian Civil War.

[2] The official Syrian government news agency disclosed that he was killed by armed men, who also wounded his driver in the attack.

[3][4] General al-Awwad's car was ambushed when he was heading to the unit he commanded in the eastern Al-Ghouta area of Damascus.

The driver testified that a taxi had passed their car, while four gunmen shot al-Awwad in the head.

[5] He was from the Damascus Countryside.