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June 23, 2012

Members of Assad’s inner circle ‘making secret plans to defect’

By Ruth Sherlock, Suha Maayeh, and Peter Foster, the Telegraph

Members of Assad’s inner circle ‘making secret plans to defect’

Senior leaders in Syria are reported to be exploring “exit strategies”

From Ruth Sherlock, Suha Maayeh, and Peter Foster, the Telegraph:  Members of Bashar al-Assad’s inner circle are secretly making plans to defect to the opposition should the Syrian regime become critically threatened by the rebellion, US officials have told The Daily Telegraph.

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