ISTANBUL, Turkey — The Syrian ambassador to Iraq has defected, denouncing President Bashar Assad in a TV statement Wednesday and becoming the most senior diplomat to abandon the regime during a bloody 16-month uprising.
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Senior Syria diplomat defects
Syria's ambassador to Iraq, Nawaf Fares, is the second prominent official to abandon Bashar Assad's government in less than a week.
ISTANBUL, Turkey — The Syrian ambassador to Iraq has defected, denouncing President Bashar Assad in a TV statement Wednesday and becoming the most senior diplomat to abandon the regime during a bloody 16-month uprising.
ISTANBUL, Turkey — The Syrian ambassador to Iraq has defected, denouncing President Bashar Assad in a TV statement Wednesday and becoming the most senior diplomat to abandon the regime during a bloody 16-month uprising.
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