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Curveball II: Defecting Assad ally reaches Istanbul

09-05-2013 • Reuters

Bashar al-Assad's former defense minister has reached Istanbul after a defection that betrays cracks in the president's support among his own Alawite sect, opposition and diplomatic sources said on Thursday.

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