27.07.2012                      08.Aw. 5772

Syrien-Aufstand:

Syrian legislator from Aleppo defects to Turkey

Legislator defects as government troops and tanks amass around Aleppo in attempt to quell rebellion.

A Syrian parliamentarian representing the northern province of Aleppo said on Friday she has defected to Turkey, becoming the first member of the rubberstamp assembly elected in May and dominated by President Bashar Assad's Baath Party to defect….