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In this image from video provided by the Dossier Center, a London-based investigative group funded by Russian opposition figure Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Gleb Karakulov speaks during an interview in Turkey in December 2022. (Dossier Center via AP)
April 4, 2023, 8:15 pm
Putin is a ‘war criminal’: High-ranking Russian security officer defects
Gleb Karakulov, who was responsible for president’s secure communications, says moral opposition to invasion of Ukraine and his fear of dying there drove him to speak out
By Erika Kinetz
In this Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016 file photo, people watch a TV news program showing a file image of Thae Yong Ho, a minister at the North Korean Embassy in London, at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon. File)
August 20, 2016, 7:24 pm
North Korea calls diplomat defector ‘human scum’
Seoul says Thae Yong Ho, Pyongyang’s deputy ambassador to Britain, is highest-ranking diplomat to defect to South Korea
By KIM TONG-HYUNG
An undated photo of Major Ahmad-Reza Khosravi (right), a former pilot in the helicopter unit of the Iranian Security Services (Courtesy)
April 13, 2016, 9:39 pm
Iranian pilot defects, threatens regime he’ll seek asylum in Israel
Opposed to Iran’s ruling ethos, Ahmad-Reza Khosravi fled to Turkey last year. Now he says he’ll work to harm the Islamic Republic if it doesn’t stop harassing his wife and son
By Neda Amin and Mohsen Rostambakhsh
The Toronto skyline (Wikimedia Commons)
March 25, 2013, 6:20 am
Israeli teen disappears on Toronto trip
During leadership program, 16-year-old disappears, then calls family and organizers to tell them he’s staying
smoke rises from a building in Homs, Syria, after heavy shelling (photo credit: Shaam News Network via AP video)
December 28, 2012, 2:14 pm
Syrian air force generals defect, flee to Turkey
Move comes as rebels attack air base near Turkish border
Hassan Gol Khanban with the Iranian delegation in New York last week. (photo credit: AP/Gary Krauss)
October 3, 2012, 8:55 am
Asylum-seeking cameraman defected after refusing orders from Iran delegation
Ahmadinejad’s videographer says he fears for his life if he returns to Iran
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures as he arrives at his seat before addressing the UN General Assembly on Wednesday (photo credit: AP/Jason DeCrow)
October 1, 2012, 5:15 am
Ahmadinejad’s cameraman defects, seeks asylum in US
Hassan Gol Khanban had accompanied the Iranian president on his trip to the UN General Assembly
A Syrian man walks in his house, which was destroyed in a Syrian government forces shelling, over looking the rubble of other houses, in Azaz, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. (photo credit: Muhammed Muheisen/AP)
August 30, 2012, 1:54 am
Assad acknowledges struggles in civil war
While rebels have stalemated Syria’s armed forces, president encourages more defections to ‘cleanse’ the state
By Hamza Hendawi and Bassam Mroue
From the WebAugust 24, 2012, 5:54 am
Syrian MP-turned dissident flees to Jordan
Nasser Al Hariri left the government in 2011 in protest against Bashar Assad’s violent crackdown on protests
A Free Syrian Army fighter waves from the top of a destroyed army tank in the town of Anadan on the outskirts of Aleppo on Monday, Aug. 6, 2012. (photo credit: AP)
August 7, 2012, 3:53 am
With diplomacy dead, US banks on Syrian rebel win
High-level defections, rebels’ victories show Bashar Assad’s regime is crumbling, State Department says
By Bradley Klapper
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