Allegiance Syria Name Abdullah al-Khalidi | Battles/wars Syrian civil war Rank Major General | |
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Died October 30, 2012, Damascus, Syria Service/branch Syrian Arab Air Force, Syrian Armed Forces | ||
Battles and wars Syrian civil war | ||
Abdullah Mahmoud al-Khalidi was a Syrian Armed Forces major general who has been described as "one of Syria's foremost experts in aviation". He was allegedly assassinated by the opposition on 30 October 2012 in the Rukn-Eddin neighborhood of Damascus, after leaving his car. Opposition activists denied this report and claimed that the Syrian government was behind the assassination because al-Khalidi planned to defect.
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