FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2017 file photo, Head of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command Ahmed Jibril attends a conference titled "international conference in support of Palestinian Intifada" in Tehran, Iran. Jibril, the leader of a breakaway Palestinian faction that carried out hijackings, bombings and other attacks against Israeli targets in 1970s and 1980s, has died in Damascus, his group and Syria's state TV reported Wednesday, July 7, 2021. He was 83. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)
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Syria-based breakaway Palestinian faction elects new leader
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DAMASCUS, Syria
A breakaway Palestinian faction that carried out headline-grabbing attacks against Israel in the 1970s and 1980s has named a veteran new leader after its longtime founder died, the group said Sunday.