 Tehran, Iran, Jul. 10 – A top official of the armed Palestinian group Hamas may have set up camp in Iran, a semi-official daily reported on Sunday. Khaled Mashaal, the political chief of Hamas, has fled left Syria, where he had been based for many years, the hard-line daily Jomhouri Islami wrote.
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The report said that Palestinian sources confirmed that Mashaal had left Damascus earlier in the week but did not reveal where he was travelling to. It quoted press reports as saying that the top Hamas official had moved to Iran, but added that Palestinian officials had not confirmed the report. |