Opposition: Syria's Iraq ambassador has defected

Thursday, July 12, 2012

ISTANBUL -- The Syrian ambassador to Iraq has defected, denouncing President Bashar Assad in a TV statement Wednesday, becoming the most senior diplomat to abandon the regime during a bloody 16-month uprising.

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