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Syria's First Astronaut Defects to Turkey


(Los Angeles Times) Gen. Mohammed Ahmed Fares, who as part of a joint program with Russia was the first Syrian to travel into space in 1987, has fled to Turkey after defecting from the Syrian army, according to the Turkish Anatolia news agency.
2012-08-06 00:00:00
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