NNA – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued a decree naming former communications minister Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali to form a new cabinet, state media said on Saturday.
The new cabinet will replace an outgoing administration which has been serving in a caretaker role since parliamentary elections in mid-July.
Al-Jalali served as communications minister from 2014-2016. He has been subject to EU sanctions since 2014 for his quot;responsibility for the regime#39;s violent repression of the civilian population.quot;
According to UN figures, at least 350,000 people have been killed in Syria#39;s civil war, which erupted in 2011 from an uprising against Assad#39;s rule.
Reuters