Assad orders formation of new government
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad ordered former agriculture minister Riyad Farid Hijab to form a new government for the conflict-stricken country, state-run SANA news agency reported Wednesday.
The formation of a new government for the violence-torn country came after the recent parliamentary elections, the first under the country’s new constitution that allows a multi-party law and ends the monopoly of power by the ruling al-Baath party, reported Xinhua.