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Seventy-one Syrian army officers defect to Turkey
ANKARA (Reuters) – Seventy-one officers, including six generals, have defected from the Syrian army to Turkey, a Turkish official said on Saturday, the biggest single mass desertion of senior soldiers from President Bashar al-Assad’s security forces in months. It was not immediately clear why the group had deserted. Just hours…
At least 130 dead in latest battles in Syria
Heavy clashes raged between Syrian troops and rebels on Saturday, with at least 130 people killed nationwide, as the clock ticked down on a 30-day “final” extension of a troubled UN observer mission. At least 64 civilians were among the dead as clashes rocked both of the country’s largest cities,…
Syrian army ‘kills at least 95′ in Hama
DAMASCUS — At least 95 people were killed on Sunday when the military launched an attack on the flashpoint protest city of Hama in central Syria, a human rights activist said. Ammar Qorabi, who heads the National Organisation for Human Rights, reported the toll and also said army attacks across…
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