In Syria, the first ministers of the transitional government – the mass media – have been appointed

The rebels who overthrew the regime of Bashar al-Assad seek to organize the country’s political life as soon as possible. The ruling High Command appointed Asaad Hassan al-Shibani as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. At the same time, the Ministry of Defense will be headed by an engineer specializing in agriculture, Marhaf Abu Kasra. This is reported by DW with reference to dpa, writes UNN.

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According to media reports, Shibani is a graduate of the Faculty of English Language and Literature at the University of Damascus. Since the beginning of the war in the country in 2011, Sheibani took an active part in the activities of the Syrian opposition.

During the war, about two-thirds of the country’s territory was under the control of government forces, dpa reminds, while northwestern Syria has been under the control of the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) since 2017. In this “administration”, Shibani was the head of the political affairs department. He was responsible for “interaction with representatives of foreign states and international organizations, including UN agencies and humanitarian structures.”

The new Minister of Defense of Syria, Abu Kasra, was born in the city of Halfajah in the province of Hama, dpa notes. He is one of the most famous leaders of the KhTSH.

We will remind

The G7 countries expressed their readiness to support the new Syrian government after the change of power. A key condition for support is respect for human rights and respect for religious and ethnic minorities.