Syria has six new ministers tonight – including, for the first time, a Minister of the Environment. And it’s a woman - Kawkab As Sabah Dayeh.
Ten ministers – including PM Naji Otri – have just returned from a landmark trip to Iraq.
Saeed Samur is the new interior minister, replacing General Bassem Abdel Majed, who took up the role three years ago. Samur is a top level intelligence chief.
Judge Ahmed Yunis becomes justice minister.
The new health minister is Rida Saeed, who is an ophthalmologist like President Bashar Al-Assad.
Tamer al-Hijeh, a former governor of Aleppo, becomes the new minister for local administration.
And Mansur Azzam has been named Presidential Affairs Minister.
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Jabi
// Apr 24, 2009 at 2.01 am
Do you know what are the qualifications of Kawkab As Sabah Dayeh? where did she work before this?
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Sasa
// Apr 24, 2009 at 11.46 am
She was the head of environmental and health issues at the Syrian Women’s Federation.
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pamela
// Apr 25, 2009 at 7.17 am
The trip to Iraq was indeed very important , I hope the Iraqis show some gratitude to the Syrians . Syria opened their doors to the Iraqi refugees , and the ordinary Syrians really put themseves out for them .
If they can agree to good relations without outside interference both sides should benifit .
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