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Leading Syrian academic and opposition figure Bassma Kodmani died in Paris on Thursday aged 64 after a long battle with cancer, her family told AFP.Born in Damascus in 1958, she spent a large part of her life in exile and was also a French citizen.Her sister, journalist Hala Kodmani, said she died of cancer in hospital in the French capital, where she lived.Kodmani was a leading member of the Syrian opposition after peaceful protests broke out in the country in 2011.

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