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Syria rebel commanders reject leadership shakeup

By Ryan Lucas
Published February 20, 2014 3:14am ET
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Syria rebel commanders reject leadership shakeup
BEIRUT (AP) — The former leader of the Western-backed Syrian opposition’s military wing on Wednesday rejected his recent dismissal, and along with more than a dozen senior insurgent commanders severed ties with the political opposition-in-exile, further fragmenting the notoriously divided rebel movement. The statement from Gen. Salim Idris comes two days after the opposition Syrian […]

BEIRUT (AP) — The former leader of the Western-backed Syrian opposition’s military wing on Wednesday rejected his recent dismissal, and along with more than a dozen senior insurgent commanders severed ties with the political opposition-in-exile, further fragmenting the notoriously divided rebel movement.

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