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Four More Generals Defect From Syrian Army To Join Rebels | Syrian rebels report that four high-ranking officers have defected from the Syrian armed forces and, over the past three days, fled to a camp for Syrian army deserters in southern Turkey. “We have six brigadier generals who are now in Turkey and another, who has stayed to lead some battalions inside Syria,” a spokesman for the Free Syrian Army (FSA) told Reuters. “We plan to form an advisory council to absorb these and any other high-ranking defections and this group will plan operations for the FSA.” Announcement of the defections comes hours after Syria’s deputy oil minister announced he was abandoning President Bashar al-Assad’s regime in a video posted online today.
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