|
Trending Topics
|
Source: http://www.timesofisrael.com/assad-troops-defect-en-mass-to-opposition/
Report: Assad Troops Defect En Masse, Opposition Says
(Times of Israel) Ilan Ben Zion - Syrian opposition sources reported mass defections of Syrian Army soldiers on Wednesday in the wake of a bombing that killed top Assad ministers. The Local Coordination Committees in Syria tweeted Wednesday that 60 soldiers defected in Homs and 50 special forces troops abandoned their posts in the Qaboun neighborhood of Damascus. Additional defections were reported in the Syrian towns of Kafr Zita, Tayba, Sqeilbieh, Maroc, Kafr Naboodah, Salamieh, and Aqirbayat Station. The Free Syrian Army claimed Wednesday that regime soldiers had withdrawn from the Midan neighborhood of Damascus, abandoning their armored personnel carriers on the side of the road.