Syrian Television Journalist Announces Defection

From The Lede Thu Dec 20 2012, 15:42:15

Ahmad Fakhouri, a prominent Syrian state television anchor, announced that he left his position and the country, and had settled in Egypt, in a telephone interview shown on Thursday by a Saudi news channel.

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