ANKARA: A group of some 20 Syrian soldiers including a general defected from the army Tuesday and fled to Turkey, joining hundreds of other ex-troops from Syria's military, a Turkish diplomat told AFP.
"The soldiers who fled to Turkey include a general, three colonels and several other officers," the source said on condition of anonymity.
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