Abdullah Mahmoud al-Khalidi, a senior officer in Syria's air force, has been killed by rebels in Damascus, according to Syrian state media.
Khalidi, whose full title is given as "Pilot Major General," was shot as he got out of his car in the capital's Rukn-Eddin neighborhood, SANA news agency reported.
State television said that the "assassination" happened late on Monday, according to Agence France-Presse.
The TV report said Khalidi was killed as part of a rebel "campaign to target national personalities and scientists."
Al-Khalidi was described as "one of Syria's foremost experts in aviation."
Yet activists told Al Jazeera that Khalidi was planning to defect, "so the regime got rid of him before he does that."
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