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Collection of defection news, found 17 news.

UN sends deputy chief to Ukraine

UN deputy chief Jan Eliasson will fly Sunday to Ukraine, where a threatened Russian invasion has risked sparking the ...

S. Korea to deploy K-11 assault rifles in June

South Korea will issue K-11 assault rifles to frontline troops in June after fixing defects that had caused the rifle ...

18th Syrian general defects to Turkey: diplomat

A Syrian general and several soldiers crossed into Turkey on Monday, a Turkish diplomat told AFP, bringing the number ...

Defected Syrian ambassador "discharged": foreign ministry

Syria`s ambassador to Iraq, Nawaf al-Fares, who announced his defection to the opposition, has been "discharged," the ...

Libya would fall into civil war if NTC resigns: leader

Libya would fall into a "civil war" if the National Transitional Council resigns, the chief of the nation`s ruling ...

Ban urges action on Syria regime hit by defections

UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Monday urged the Security Council to act on Syria as President Bashar al-Assad came under new ...

Iran supplying weapons to Syria crackdown

The United States believes Iran is supplying munitions to aid Syria`s bloody protest crackdown in an initiative ...

Obama sends 100 troops to fight rebels in central Africa

US President Barack Obama said Friday he is sending 100 combat troops to central Africa to help and advise forces ...

U.S. welcomes Libya rebel probe of leader`s murder

The United States on Monday welcomed a Libyan opposition investigation into the assassination of General Abdel Fatah ...

Libyan soccer stars join rebels in blow to Gaddafi

Four members of Libya`s national soccer team and 13 other football figures have defected to rebels in a blow to ...

US dismisses Kadhafi son`s talk of elections

The United States said Thursday that proposals by Moamer Kadhafi`s inner circle for democratic elections were "a ...

Five more officers defect from Kadhafi regime: report

Five more officers have joined the flow of defectors from the regime of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, arriving at the ...

Over 100 Libyan army members defect from Gaddafi

Eight high-ranking Libyan army officers appeared in Rome on Monday saying they were part of a group of as many as 120 ...

Libya`s EU ambassador defects along with staff

Libya`s EU ambassador Hadeiba Hadi on Thursday said he was defecting along with all his staff to join the struggle for ...

Yemen`s President renews call for opposition to resume dialogue

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Tuesday renewed his call for the opposition Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) to ...