(New York Times) Kareem Fahim and Rick Gladstone - Maj. Gen. Abdul Aziz Jassem al-Shallal, the chief of the Syrian military police and the top general responsible for preventing defections within the military, made a daring four-hour sprint by motorcycle across the border into Turkey, insurgents said Wednesday. In a video broadcast by Al Arabiya, the general said the Syrian military had deviated from its mission to protect the country, and had transformed into "a gang for killing and destruction."
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