Turkey Foils Kidnapping of Syria Rebel Army Chief, Milliyet Says
By Emre Peker - May 21, 2012 3:13 AM ET
Turkish authorities foiled a plan to kidnap the rebel Free Syrian Army’s founder and chief from a refugee camp, Milliyet reported.
Two Turks were collaborating with a Syrian spy to abduct Riad al-Asaad, a former colonel in President Bashar al-Assad’s army who fled to Turkey and started an opposition force, according to the Istanbul-based newspaper. The three people accused of planning the kidnapping were detained and freed pending trial, Milliyet said, citing police and court records.
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