An official from the Turkish Foreign Ministry confirmed to CNN that two brigadier generals from Syria arrived in Turkey Friday night and one arrived the night before.

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Oren reported that ahead of Obama's meeting this month with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, retired IDF brigadier generals Shlomo Brom, Udi Dekel and Baruch Spiegel met secretly in Rome with retired US rear admiral John Sigler who heads the Middle East research institute at the US Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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