This framegrab shows Manaf Tlas, right, a high-ranking military supporter of President Bashar al-Assad, left. Rebels and a news website with links to the Syrian security apparatus said Thursday Brig. Tlas had fled to Turkey. Al Arabiya
Assad’s ‘Inner Circle Disintegrating’: Sunni General’s Defection May Reflect Growing Sectarian Divide In Syria -- National Post/Reuters
He is a Republican Guard brigadier and son of Syria’s longest-serving defence minister. But most of all Manaf Tlas is a friend of President Bashar al-Assad, a member of his inner circle and a prominent figure in the Damascus “young guard.”
Or he was. Rebels and a news website with links to the Syrian security apparatus said Thursday Brig. Tlas had fled to Turkey. If confirmed, he would be the first real insider to defect from the embattled elite fighting off a revolt against the Assad clan.
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My Comment: This was not only a political relationship .... but also a family one. Manaf Tlas must have been put in a situation that forced him decide that it would be best if he ends his relationship with the Assad family, and take his chances on the outside.
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