(Reuters) Erika Solomon and John Irish - Four more brigadier generals have defected from the Syrian armed forces and fled over the past three days to a camp for Syrian army deserters in southern Turkey, Lt. Khaled al-Hamoud, a spokesman for the Free Syrian Army (FSA), said Thursday, bringing to seven the number of brigadier generals who have defected. "We have six brigadier generals who are now in Turkey and another, who has stayed to lead some battalions inside Syria," Hamoud said. The senior rebel officer remaining in Syria is Brig.-Gen. Adnan Farzat, who announced his defection in a YouTube video on Tuesday, saying he objected to the intensified shelling in his home town.
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