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Syrian fighter pilot defects to Jordan, gets asylum

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Syrian fighter pilot defects to Jordan, gets asylum

1 of 16. Demonstrators protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad at Al Sukri in Aleppo June 19, 2012. Picture taken June 19, 2012.


AMMAN (Reuters) - A Syrian air force pilot flew his MiG-21 fighter plane over the border to Jordan and was granted political asylum on Thursday, the first defection with a military aircraft since the start of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.

Credit: Reuters/Shaam News Network/Handout

Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Khaled Yacoub Oweis

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Thu Jun 21, 2012 2:29pm EDT

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