AMMAN (Reuters) - One of the most senior rebel commanders in southern Syria was killed during clashes with government troops near the city of Deraa on the border with Jordan on Monday, insurgents said.
Yasser al-Aboud, a former Syrian army officer who defected in the early days of the revolt to join the Free Syrian Army, was leading an assault on army checkpoints in the town of Tafas, northwest of Deraa, they added.
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