(Reuters-Guardian-UK) Syria's deputy oil minister, Abdo Hussameldin, has announced his defection on YouTube. "I Abdo Hussameldin, deputy oil and mineral wealth minister in Syria, announce my defection from the regime, resignation from my position and withdrawal from the Ba'ath party. I join the revolution of this dignified people," he said.
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