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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syrian Rebels Mourn Loss of Leader, Name Replacement
2015-12-27
[VOA News] Syrian Lion of Islam groups mourned Saturday the death of a powerful rebel commander who was killed in an Arclight airstrike near Damascus, and they named a top military commander as his successor.

Syrian rebels and the government said Friday that Zahran Alloush, founder of the Army of Islam, was killed in a raid that targeted the group's headquarters in eastern Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus.

Alloush's death was a significant blow to the armed opposition, bolstering Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Horror of Homs...
 ahead of new peace talks scheduled for early 2016.

The Army of Islam appointed Essam al-Buwaydhani, also known as Abu Hammam, as Alloush's replacement .
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