Violence and Chaos Run Rampant as Top Class Syrian Pilot Defects to Stay Alive Violent Arab Spring

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A Syrian pilot sought political asylum after landing his MiG fighter jet in neighbouring Jordan on Thursday, in the first such defection of a revolt a watchdog says has killed more than 15,000 people. “The pilot asked for political asylum in Jordan,” Information Minister Samih Maayatah told AFP.

Arabs urge Russia to stop arming Syria as Homs battered

The Arab League demanded on Thursday that Russia stop supplying arms to Syria, as a regime onslaught of Homs and its surrounds appeared to stall a Red Cross bid to rescue trapped civilians. The pan-Arab bloc’s deputy secretary general Ahmed Ben Hilli issued the appeal in an interview.