ANKARA, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Prominent Syrian opposition leader, Abdelqader Saleh, head of the rebel's Islamist al-Tawhid Brigades, died on Monday in a Turkish hospital, local Today's Zaman reported.
Saleh died of wounds he sustained last Thursday during an air raid launched by the Syrian government forces on the city of Aleppo, said the report.
He was transferred to Turkish hospitals for treatment but died later.
The Tawhid confirmed the death of its leader in a statement on Monday.
Saleh had been working on regrouping fighters in Aleppo before his death. The city, situated 45 km south of Turkey, was Syria's commercial hub and most populous city before the uprising which erupted in 2011.
Recently, clashes between different groups of the Syrian opposition fighters have been intensifying near the Turkish-Syrian border.
Turkey, once an ally of Damascus but now is a leading voice against it, has purportedly provided Syrian rebel leaders with sanctuary.
DAMASCUS, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Syria's Foreign Ministry on Thursday complained to the UN about the rebels' escalating mortar attacks against Syrian cities, urging it to hold accountable the countries that support the armed rebels.
The ministry made the complaint in a letter addressing the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the head of the Security Council. Full story
BEIJING, Nov. 15 (Xinhuanet) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad have discussed plans for an upcoming peace conference and progress on the disarmament of Syria’s chemical weapons during a telephone call. Full story
BEIRUT, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Syrian military jets on Thursday launched three air raids on the outskirts of Lebanon's Arsal border town in the east Bekaa, a local security source said.
A Syrian military helicopter conducted two raids on the Wadi Ata region on the outskirts of Arsal, launching six rockets while a second Syrian jet targeted the same area with three rockets. Full story
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