2 Syrian officers deny defection reports by western propaganda outlets

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    2 Syrian officers deny defection reports

SOURCE: XINHUA

Two senior Syrian officers have refuted as “baseless” media reports claiming that they defected and left their positions, according to state-run TV.

Colonel Mohammad Ammar Sardini, head of the political security branch at the northeastern province of Raqqa, denied media reports about his defection along with Lieutenant Colonel Mosaab Abu Rukbeh, head of the criminal investigation department.

Speaking with the state TV late Monday, Sardini said those reports are “baseless,” adding that “I was surprised yesterday by the airing of these false news… It’s funny and ridiculous.”

Abu Rukbeh also denied the news and confirmed that he is still working as usual.

During the one-year-old unrest in Syria, protesters and some army officers have allegedly defected and taken up arms to face the crackdown by the regime of President Bashar al-Assad on opposition protesters.

The United Nations said recently that more than 8,000 people died in Syria’s violence. In Geneva, the UN refugee agency said 230,000 Syrians have fled their homes since the beginning of domestic violence in Syria last year.

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