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‘Armstrong of the Arab World’: Syria’s first astronaut Mohammad Faris dies in exile
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By Eyad Kourdi, CNN
(CNN) — Mohammad Faris, known as the “Armstrong of the Arab World” and Syria’s only astronaut, died at the age of 72 in exile in the Turkish city of Gaziantep on Friday, from complications of a heart attack he suffered a month ago... [3622 chars]