August 6, 2012
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August 6, 2012
Riad Farid Hijab has been dismissed from post, state television says, amid reports that he has defected to Jordan.
Riad Farid Hijab, the Syrian prime minister, has been been sacked from his post, state television has said.
President Bashar al-Assad appointed Hijab, a former agriculture minister, as prime minister in June, following a parliamentary election in May.
Authorities lauded that poll for being a major step towards political reform, but the opposition movement against Assad’s government dismissed them as a sham.
Such sackings are a common way for state television to react when an official has defected.
Source: Agencies
