Top Syrian general defects

A pan-Arab TV station says the general who heads Syria’s military police has defected and joined the uprising against president Bashar Assad.

Top Syrian general defects
Wed, 26 Dec, 2012 - 10:18

A pan-Arab TV station says the general who heads Syria’s military police has defected and joined the uprising against president Bashar Assad.

Major General Abdul-Aziz Jassem al-Shallal has appeared in a video aired on Al Arabiya TV saying he is joining “the people’s revolution”.

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