Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad has contracted North Korean pilots, having "lost faith" in his own pilots, former president of the opposition Syrian National Council Burhan Ghalioun said on Sunday.
In a statement on his Facebook page Ghalioun said that Assad was hiring North Koreans to "lead his air offensives" against civilians.
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad has contracted North Korean pilots, having "lost faith" in his own pilots, former president of the opposition Syrian National Council Burhan Ghalioun said on Sunday.
In a statement on his Facebook page Ghalioun said that Assad was hiring North Koreans to "lead his air offensives" against civilians.
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