The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/syrian-defectors/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:27:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Syrian defectors | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/syrian-defectors/ 32 32 ‘Over 70 Syrian officers, families cross border to Turkey’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/over-70-syrian-officers-families-cross-border-to-turkey/ Sat, 15 Jun 2013 01:09:49 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=553084 Seven generals and 20 colonels said to be among defecting officials seeking refuge

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]]> Top Syrian general switches sides, says he has joined ‘the people’s revolution’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/top-syrian-general-reportedly-switches-sides/ Wed, 26 Dec 2012 11:39:45 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=323846 Rights group says government shelling in northern province killed 20, including 8 children and 3 women

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]]> Senior Syrian official in US and co-operating with intelligence agencies http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/dec/24/syrian-official-us-intelligence-agencies Wed, 26 Dec 2012 05:50:59 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=323626 The Guardian reports that American intelligence officials helped government spokesman Jihad Makdissi defect a month ago

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]]> Syrian Foreign Ministry spokesman reportedly flees country https://www.timesofisrael.com/syrian-foreign-ministry-spokesman-flees-country/ Tue, 04 Dec 2012 13:02:12 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=302922 Official may have been fired for making statements that diverged from Assad's official line on the country's chemical weapons stockpile

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]]> War rips apart families, neighbors in Syria https://www.timesofisrael.com/war-rips-apart-families-neighbors-in-syria/ Sat, 01 Dec 2012 01:13:11 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=300004 Brothers find themselves fighting on opposite sides of the bloody civil war

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]]> Two Syrian generals defect to Turkey https://www.timesofisrael.com/two-syrian-generals-defect-to-turkey/ Fri, 09 Nov 2012 10:18:34 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=275746 Group of 71 people, including 11 colonels and families of the defectors, taken to refugee camp

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]]> Syria’s Assad ‘plans to escape to Russia’ http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/10/2012107134952895805.html Tue, 09 Oct 2012 04:52:36 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=245052 Al-Jazeera: Former aide who defected says Assad has already worked out where to flee

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]]> Assad’s sister defects amid ‘disputes’ between ruling Alawites http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/09/18/238771.html Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:13:15 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=227310 Al-Arabiya: Bushra Assad reportedly fled Syria with her children fearing attacks from her brother's political opponents

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]]> Secret Jordanian compound provides shelter for Syrian defectors https://www.timesofisrael.com/secret-jordanian-compound-provides-shelter-for-syrian-defectors/ Wed, 29 Aug 2012 01:49:45 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=208254 With more than 160,000 refugees in the kingdom already, Amman tries not to aggravate tensions with northern neighbor

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]]> Syrian general among large number of defectors to Jordan, rebels say https://www.timesofisrael.com/syrian-general-among-large-number-of-defectors-to-jordan-rebels-say/ Thu, 23 Aug 2012 06:59:45 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=203070 More people flee Syria late Wednesday as fighting rages on

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]]> Syria denies rebels’ claim that vice president has defected https://www.timesofisrael.com/syrias-vp-and-two-high-ranking-officers-defect-to-jordan-says-opposition/ Sat, 18 Aug 2012 07:11:55 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=198502 In what would be the highest-ranking defection to date, FSA says Farouk al-Sharaa has fled to Jordan

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]]> Army must ‘side with the people,’ says Assad’s former PM, predicting regime’s imminent collapse https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-first-statement-since-defection-syrian-pm-calls-for-others-to-follow-his-lead/ Tue, 14 Aug 2012 11:01:26 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=194940 Riad Hijab, now in Jordan, urges other 'honorable leaders' to defect, says he was 'powerless to stop the injustice'

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]]> Syrian palace official flees as battles rage in Aleppo https://www.timesofisrael.com/syrian-palace-official-flees-as-battles-rage-in-aleppo/ Thu, 09 Aug 2012 09:14:52 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=189656 Chief of protocol latest high-level official to abandon Bashar Assad amid bloody civil war

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]]> Syrian prime minister makes dawn defection into Jordan https://www.timesofisrael.com/syrian-prime-minister-who-defected-reported-to-be-in-jordan/ Wed, 08 Aug 2012 15:46:29 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=189132 Free Syrian Army deceived the news media into reporting that Riad Hijab had already crossed the border so that the Syrians would stop looking for him

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]]> Syrian PM escape plan was brewing for months, says aide https://www.timesofisrael.com/syrian-pm-escape-plan-has-been-brewing-for-months/ Tue, 07 Aug 2012 09:16:20 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=186974 Riad Hijab was told 'become prime minister or die'

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