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10,000 Soldiers Desert Syrian Army


(Ha'aretz) Avi Issacharoff and Amos Harel - More than 10,000 soldiers have deserted the Syrian army, sources say, with as many as half the conscripts not reporting in the last three call-ups. According to Western intelligence agencies, even though the top brass is still loyal to President Bashar Assad, lower-level officers are deserting in large numbers, and in some cases, whole units have deserted en masse.
2011-12-21 00:00:00
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