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Syrian ambassador to Iraq defects in major blow to Assad regime | The Syrian ambassador to Iraq has reportedly defected, becoming the most senior diplomat to abandon the President
Bashar al-Assad regime during a bloody 16-month uprising. According to Khaled Khoja, a member of the opposition Syrian National Council, the ambassador, Nawaf
Fares, is heading to Turkey , and will seek asylum there. “It's certain. He has
defected. He declared his defection,” Fox News quoted Khoja, who is based in Istanbul
, as saying. According to the report, if confirmed, it would be the second major
defection to hit the Assad regime in less than a week. Meanwhile, White House
spokesman Jay Carney said the U.S. had no confirmation of the defection of Syria
's ambassador to Iraq . But he added that other recent high-level defections from
the Assad regime were "a welcome development." “That is an indication of the fact
that support for Assad is crumbling,” Carney said.
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