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                  Syrian Rebel Group Announces Leader's Death

   by VOA News

   Syrian rebels said a prominent commander has died after being wounded
   last week in the heavily contested northern city of Aleppo.
   Abdul-Qadir Saleh was the head of the Islamist al-Tawhid Brigade, which
   announced his death in a statement released on Monday.
   He had been taken to a hospital in Turkey following an attack on the
   group's leadership by Syrian forces last Thursday that also killed
   another commander. The group is estimated to have at least 8,000
   fighters under its command.
   President Bashar al-Assad's troops have made recent gains in Aleppo,
   the country's largest city.
   Meanwhile, Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad is leading a
   delegation in Moscow for talks with Russia's Foreign Ministry about
   plans for a Syrian peace conference.
   Assad discussed the proposed peace talks last week in a telephone
   conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
   Russia and the United States have been working for months to arrange
   the conference to be held in Geneva, hopefully to reach a political
   solution to the Syrian crisis.
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