Syria’s state-run news agency says gunmen have assassinated an Army general in the capital Damascus.
It’s the first killing of a high military officer in the Syrian capital since the uprising against President Bashar Assad’s regime began in March.
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Mr. Assad’s crackdown of the uprising has killed more than 5,400 people, according to U.N. figures.
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