Zubaydah Almiqi: The first female Alawite to defect

Published: October 11, 2012 GMT

Im a move that has dealt Bashar al Assad a serious blow, a female Alawite officer has defected and called the regime "treacherous" in a video uploaded to YouTube and later shown on Sky News Arabic.
Zubaydah Almiqi: The first female Alawite to defect
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