Another Syrian brigadier general has fled to Turkey to join opposition fighters, accompanied by five high-ranking officers and more than 30 troops, Anatolia reported Monday.
Another Syrian brigadier general has fled to
Turkey
to
join opposition fighters, accompanied by five high-ranking officers and more
than 30 troops,
Anatolia
reported Monday.
Some 400 Syrian civilians, most of them women and children, also arrived in the
company of the soldiers, the agency added.
The latest defection brings the total number of Syrian generals who have left
Syria
through the Turkish border to 31 since the uprising erupted in mid-March last
year.
But some of these generals have gone back to
Syria
to
join the active fighters inside the conflict-torn country, a Turkish official
told AFP, refusing to give an exact number of Syrian generals currently on
Turkish soil.
Senior Syrian officers have been crossing into
Turkey
to
link up with the Free Syrian Army on a near-daily basis in recent months, often
accompanied by rank-and-file troops.
With the latest arrivals,
Turkey
has
so far welcomed some 46,500 refugees fleeing from the violence in
Syria
, who
are sheltering in several camps along the border.
The Syrian military defectors are staying in a separate camp where security is
tighter.
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