FILE - In this Thursday, July 26, 2012 file photo, Syrian Brig. Gen. Manaf Tlass is seen before a Ramadan fast-breaking dinner in Ankara, Turkey. As Tlass tours world powers to rally support for the uprising, many in the opposition shun him, saying the handsome former general and longtime friend of President Bashar Assad with a taste for expensive cigars is just trying to vault to power. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)
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