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Blow to Assad as army general, 20 soldiers defectA brigadier general and about 20 soldiers defected from the Syrian army in two separate incidents on Saturday, activists said, in another sign that the strength of President Bashar al-Assad's armed forces is diminishing. Briga More… |
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Syrian army officer defects with soldiersA Syrian military official has defected in protest at a government crackdown on months of demonstrations against President Bashar al-Assad's rule, footage on Al Jazeera English's website showed on Saturday. Flanked by soldiers brandishing More… |
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Gaddafi's former No 2 defects say Libya rebelsMuammar Gaddafi's former right-hand man, Abdel Salam Jalloud, has defected to rebel-held territory in Libya's Western Mountains, a rebel spokesman said. Jalloud was a member of the junta that staged a 1969 coup bringing Gaddafi to po More… |
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Philippines embassy awaits word on workers banDiplomats were awaiting official word on whether a ban on new Filipino recruits coming to Bahrain had been lifted. It follows a report by the state-run Philippines News Agency, which said the ban had been lifted for new hires as well as wo More… |
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Libya’s foreign minister defectsLibyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa, one of Muammar Gaddafi's closest advisers and a former spy chief, defected and flew to Britain on Wednesday in protest at attacks by Gaddafi forces on civilians, a friend said. A British government so More… |
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Iranian nuclear scientist defects to USAn Iranian nuclear scientist who has been missing since June has defected to the US and is helping the CIA, ABC news reported on Tuesday. Citing unnamed sources briefed on the defection, the network said Shahram Amiri, a nuclear physicist More… |
