Leading the Rebel Fight for Aleppo: C.J. Chivers, a correspondent for The New York Times, profiles Abdulkader al-Saleh, a k a Hajji Marea, who leads the largest Syrian antigovernment fighting group operating in and around Aleppo.
A Rebel Commander In Syria Holds The Reins Of War -- New York Times
THE would-be assassin was patient, if not an accomplished shot.
His victim, the Syrian rebel commander Hajji Marea, was fighting a cold and had sent a bodyguard out to find medicine, the commander’s supporters said. As he waited, Hajji Marea stepped outside to make a phone call, when the gunman fired. The bullet missed his head, and struck his left shoulder.
Months later, Hajji Marea made a fist with his left hand, demonstrating that he had healed, even while the Syrian government’s bounty remained. “The bone was broken, but it is O.K. now,” he said, before dressing against the chill and heading back onto the city’s streets, where artillery boomed.
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My Comment: If he survives Syrian rebel commander Hajji Marea will be a major player in the Aleppo region .... that is if he survives.