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| Syrian air force general 'killed by rebels' | Syrian air force general 'killed by rebels' |
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| A senior Syrian air force general has been killed in a Damascus suburb, state television reports. | A senior Syrian air force general has been killed in a Damascus suburb, state television reports. |
| Abdullah Mahmoud al-Khalidi was shot dead late on Monday in the capital's Rukn al-Din district, it said. | Abdullah Mahmoud al-Khalidi was shot dead late on Monday in the capital's Rukn al-Din district, it said. |
| The attack appears to be the latest in a string of rebel attacks on high-level figures from President Bashar al-Assad's administration. | |
| In July a bomb killed the country's defence minister and Mr Assad's brother-in-law, Assef Shawkat. | In July a bomb killed the country's defence minister and Mr Assad's brother-in-law, Assef Shawkat. |
| "As part of their campaign to target national personalities and scientists, armed terrorist groups assassinated Air Force General Abdullah Mahmud al-Khalidi in the Damascus district of Rukn al-Din," the broadcaster said. | |
| It added that he was one of Syria's foremost experts in aviation. | |
| He was also a member of the Syrian Air Force command, Agence France Presse reports. |