Syria's air defense chief was killed during an offensive by President Bashar al-Assad's forces against rebels east of Damascus, Islamist rebels and a monitoring group said. They said General Hussein Ishaq died on Sunday from wounds suffered on Saturday during the assault by Assad's forces on the town of Mleiha which appears aimed at expanding the president's control around the capital before a June 3 election. The air defense forces which have a large base in Mleiha and are responsible for defending against air attacks, have played little part in the war with rebels who have ** air power. "We an**unce good news to the Islamic nation, of the killing of one of the leaders of unbelief, General Hussein Yaqoub Ishaq, head of the Air defense Administration in Mleiha," the Islamic Front said in a statement.
05-19-2014, 02:00 PM
Syria air defense head killed, rebels take **rthern town
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