{"id":20304,"date":"2012-06-25T16:22:20","date_gmt":"2012-06-25T13:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=20304"},"modified":"2012-06-25T16:22:30","modified_gmt":"2012-06-25T13:22:30","slug":"syrian-general-two-colonels-ranks-syrian-army-defectors-in-turkey-syria-war-20304","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/syrian-general-two-colonels-ranks-syrian-army-defectors-in-turkey-syria-war-20304\/","title":{"rendered":"Syrian general, two colonels defect, join ranks of defectors in Turkey with dozens of soldiers, families"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_20305\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20305\" style=\"width: 280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20305\" title=\"Syrian Army defections continue : Syrian soldiers escape to Turkey\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/syrian-general-defects-in-turkey-nationalturk-0455-280x193.jpg\" alt=\"Syrian Army defections continue : Syrian soldiers escape to Turkey\" width=\"280\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/syrian-general-defects-in-turkey-nationalturk-0455-280x193.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/syrian-general-defects-in-turkey-nationalturk-0455.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20305\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Syrian Army defections continue : Syrian soldiers escape to Turkey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Above : the image grab taken from a video uploaded on YouTube on June 22, 2012 claimed to show 5 Syrian officers from the Assad government forces declaring they are defecting from the Syrian regimen army and joining the Syrian revolution.<\/h2>\n<p>Hatay \/ NationalTurk &#8211; A Syrian general, two colonels, two majors, one lieutenant and 33 soldiers have defected from President Bashar al-Assad&#8217;s forces and arrived in Turkey, Turkish state television announced today, without giving any further details.<\/p>\n<p>CNN Turk also reported the defections of the Syrian soldiers, but stated they had arrived with members of their families, making a total of 224 individuals.<\/p>\n<h3>Syrian Army defections continue : Syrian soldiers escape to Turkey, Turkey is seeking vengence for the downed Turkish jet<\/h3>\n<p>The general, whose the agency failed to identify, entered into the the Turkish province of Hatay together with the soldiers and their families, i.e. a total group of 196 people, including many women and children.<\/p>\n<p>Syrian refugee camps in the Turkish provinces of Hatay, Gaziantep, Sanliurfa and Kilis are currently hosting 33,079 Syrians who fled the unrest and violence in Syria, according to a statement released Monday by the Directorate of crisis situations.<\/p>\n<h4>Syria Turkey War &#8211; Nato joint operation on the talks, 3rd world war is coming as Russia and China back Syria up<\/h4>\n<p>The latest Syrian army defections came following the dire event of Syria shooting down a Turkish F-4 jet on international waters near Syria Turkey border. Turkey is preparing to raze Syria to the ground with a joint NATO operation. Syria is backed up by Putin&#8217;s Russia and China. 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