Free Syrian Army top commander goes missing in Turkey

Free Syrian Army top commander goes missing in Turkey

PanARMENIAN.Net - Top commander of the Free Syrian Army (FSA), Colonel Riad al-Asaad, has reportedly been missing in Turkey.

According to Alalam, Syrian media outlets said Asaad disappeared ten days ago. Social networking websites say the news has been announced by his family.

Asaad is said to have gone missing after the FSA commander Salim Idris and Oqab Saqr, a Lebanese lawmaker, called him for a meeting in an unidentified location in Turkey. Some websites blame the Turkish government as well as the Syrian opposition groups in Turkey for al-Asaad’s disappearance.

Asaad, a former air force engineer, defected from Syria in July 2011. He set up the FSA a month later in Turkey.

Photo: Alalam
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