Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad issued a decree on a cabinet rehusffle that includes five ministers, the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) said on Wednesday.
The decree stipulates appointing Dr. Firas Hassan Qaddour as Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources, Mohsen Abdul Karim Ali as Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection, Dr. Abdul Qader Jokhadar as Minister of Industry, Louai Emad El-Din Al-Munajjid as Minister of Social Affairs and Labor and Ahmad Bustaji as Minister of State.
The decree also ends the appointment of Mohammad Fayez al-Barsha as Minister of State.
The cabinet of Hussein Arnous, formed on August 30, 2020, grouped 29 ministers including three state ministers and three women.
It was the third government to be formed in Syria since start of the crisis in 2011.
Source: Kuwait News Agency