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Carney said the move showed that "senior officials around the Assad inner circle are fleeing the government because of the heinous actions taken by Assad against his own people, and the recognition that Assad's days are numbered."
Earlier, a high-level source told AFP on condition of anonymity that Syria's charge d'affaires in Cyprus, Lamia Hariri, has defected from the regime.
An opposition activist in the country confirmed that Hariri's husband, Syria's ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Abdel Latif al-Dabbagh, had also defected.
Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television said on Wednesday that Dabbagh had also defected, but it did not say where he was.
The string of defections come after Nawaf Fares, Syria's ambassador to Iraq, left for Qatar this month after publicly renouncing his post.
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Earlier, a high-level source told AFP on condition of anonymity that Syria's charge d'affaires in Cyprus, Lamia Hariri, has defected from the regime.
An opposition activist in the country confirmed that Hariri's husband, Syria's ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Abdel Latif al-Dabbagh, had also defected.
Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television said on Wednesday that Dabbagh had also defected, but it did not say where he was.
The string of defections come after Nawaf Fares, Syria's ambassador to Iraq, left for Qatar this month after publicly renouncing his post.
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