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Syria sets first cabinet reshuffle since Assad ouster, state media ...
The sun sets over the skyline of Damascus, Syria, November 18, 2025. REUTERS/Orhan Qereman Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tabMay 10 - Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa announced a series of government changes in late-night presidential decrees published by state news agency SANA.Sharaa appointed Khaled Zaarour as information minister, replacing Hamza Mustafa, who was moved to the foreign ministry. As agriculture minister, he named Bassel Sweidan, who also heads a committee tasked with reaching settlement agreements with business tycoons linked to the Assad-era elite. Sign up here.Sharaa replaced governors in the provinces of Homs, al Quneitra and Deir Ezzor, the eastern province where most of Syria’s oil fields are located.The reshuffle is the first since the ouster of former President Bashar al-Assad and comes around a year and a half into the five-year transitional period set out in Syria’s constitutional declaration.No official reason was given for the changes, but protests and social media campaigns have emerged in recent months over worsening economic conditions and what critics describe as poor government performance.Sharaa also appointed a new secretary-general for the presidency, a post previously held by one of his brothers, a move that had drawn criticism from opponents who accused the administration of favouring nepotism over merit.Reporting by Feras Dalatey in London; Editing by David GregorioOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab
Syria sees first government reshuffle since al-Assad's ouster: State ...
Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa replaces his brother and some governors and reshuffles cabinet ministers.Interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has announced a series of government changes, including replacing his brother as head of the presidential office, the state news agency SANA reports.Al-Sharaa appointed former Homs Governor Abdul Rahman Badreddine al-Aama as secretary-general for the presidency. The post was previously held by al-Sharaa’s brother Maher, an appointment that had drawn accusations of nepotism.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 33-year-old rescued after falling into 18-metre-deep well in Syrialist 2 of 3US Supreme Court hears Haiti, Syria TPS case with wide-ranging implicationslist 3 of 3Syria becomes alternative energy corridor for oil as Hormuz effectively bloend of listSaturday’s reshuffle was the first since the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad and comes about a year and a half into the five-year transitional period set in Syria’s constitutional declaration.According to the report, presidential decrees appointed Khaled Zaarour as information minister, replacing Hamza Mustafa, who was moved to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Bassel Sweidan, who heads a committee tasked with reaching settlements with business tycoons linked to the Assad-era elite, as agriculture minister.Al-Sharaa also replaced governors in the provinces of Homs, Quneitra and Deir Az Zor, the eastern province where most of Syria’s oilfields are located.No official reason was given for the changes, but Al Jazeera’s Resul Sardar Atas has previously reported that after al-Sharaa announced his new government in March last year, his choice of officials was criticised.“People had criticised the president that he had previously appointed all of his close friends to all of the ministerial positions,” Atas said.In recent months, protests and social media campaigns have emerged due to worsening economic conditions and what critics described as poor governance, suggesting another reason for al-Sharaa’s cabinet reshuffle.Besides a government reshuffle, al-Sharaa’s government since last month has begun trials of Assad-era officials after facing criticism over delays in launching a promised transitional justice process following Syria’s 14-year civil war, in which an estimated half a million people were killed.On April 26, trial proceedings opened in Damascus for Atef Najib, the former head of political security in southern Syria’s Deraa province.He has been ...
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa announces first cabinet reshuffle ...
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa announced a series of government changes in late-night presidential decrees published by state news agency SANA. Sharaa appointed Khaled Zaarour as information ...
Syria sets first cabinet reshuffle since Assad ouster
The Syrian transitional cabinet, created in March 2025, came after the ouster of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in 2024 [GETTY] Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa announced a series of government changes in late-night presidential decrees published by state news agency SANA.
