Syrian pilot rejects to kill protesters, heads to Turkey: opposition
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News
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As Syrians took part of “Damascus here we come” demonstrations
across the country on Friday, a pilot rejected orders to kill civilian
protesters and instead targeted a military security building in Aleppo.
According to Al Arabiya after depleting his ammunitions, the pilot flew to Turkey, a country
that already hosts Syrian army defectors. Head of the opposition Free
Syrian Army (FSA), Colonel Riad al-Asaad, is currently residing in
Turkey.
A member of the Syrian National Council (SNC) confirmed that the
defected pilot has reached Turkey, and said that President Bashar
al-Assad’s regime has become incapable in controlling the army. Fearing
an attack against the presidential palace, the army is sending military
pilots without ammunitions, the SNC member added.
But a Syrian official denied that the pilot has defected and fled to
Turkey, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported him as saying on
Saturday.
