DAMASCUS: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday appointed agriculture minister Riad Hijab as the strife-torn country’s new premier and tasked him with forming a government, state television reported.
“President Assad issued a decree asking Riad Hijab to form a new government,” the television said.
The appointment comes after a new parliament was voted in on May 7 in elections boycotted by opposition groups.
Syrian foreign ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi confirmed the
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