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| SyriaÂ’s first astronaut flees to Turkey |
| 2012-08-06 |
| 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 AssadÂ’s 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 AssadÂ’s troops in SyriaÂ’s biggest city, it said. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #2 Before crossing into Turkey, Faris visited the headquarters of the Free Syrian Army in Aleppo in a show of solidarity with rebel forces battling Assad's troops in Syria's biggest city, it said. To the last drop of blood, boys! I'll be at the Istanbul Hilton watching it all on CNN International... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2012-08-06 18:34 |
| #1 At first I thought it said "Syria's First Astronaut FLIES to Turkey" as though that were a Syrian advance in space exploration. |
| Posted by: American Delight 2012-08-06 05:46 |