(New York Times) Nada Bakri - Syrian security forces on Friday attacked Mashaal Tammo, 53, a leading Kurdish political figure, who was killed by four masked gunmen who stormed his house in Qamishli, in northern Syria. Tammo founded the liberal Kurdish Future Movement Party, which considers the minority Kurdish community an integral component of Syrian society.
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