Prominent Syrian dissident Michel Kilo, a writer who was jailed for opposing the country's leadership, died in France from COVID-19, opposition politicians said on Monday.
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Kilo, a Christian in his early eighties from the coastal city of Latakia, was involved in the opposition early on in the 10-year conflict in Syria that spiraled after a crackdown on mass protests against President Bashar Assad's rule.
Before his exile, Kilo had tried to operate within the confines of Syria's political system, monopolized by the Baath Party for decades.
