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Syrias first astronaut flees to Turkey
General Muhammed Ahmed Faris, a military aviator who became the first Syrian in space, fled to Turkey on Sunday after defecting from President Bashar Al Assads regime, the Anatolia news agency reported.Before crossing into Turkey, Faris visited the headquarters of the Free Syrian Army in Aleppo in a show of solidarity with rebel forces battling Assads troops in Syrias biggest city, it said. Posted by: Steve White 2012-08-06 |
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