Rebel Snipers Kill Top-ranking Syrian General

Rebel snipers killed a top-ranking general in Syrian military intelligence on Thursday, state television and opposition activists said.   State TV said General Jama'a Jama'a was shot dead in the eastern city of Deir al-Zor, which is in a province largely held by opposition forces trying to topple President Bashar al-Assad.   The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an anti-Assad monitoring group, said Jama'a was a member of Assad's inner circle and one of Syria's ...

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