In Syria a new government is installed
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has announced the formation of a new government, reported the Syrian Arab News Agency Thursday.
Prime Minister Adel Safar, a Ba’ath Party member who was agriculture minister in the previous cabinet, who resigned last month.
The announcement came as Syria was invaded by anti-regime protests and clashes between protesters and security forces, a conflict which has left dozens dead. The Syrian government said Thursday that one of its soldiers was shot in the city of Banias.
Syria has kept its foreign minister, Walid al-Moallem, Minister of Defense and Ali Habib. But there are new faces in other positions, including their central interior, finance and media affairs, told Syria TV.
The opposition has demanded the repeal of the declaration of emergency in the country and end one-party rule in Syria, among others, the winds of change in the Arab world led by Syria during the last month.
Al-Assad has introduced several measures to appease opposition activists, such as the audit is to end the state 48-year-old emergency and give citizenship to stateless persons in the Kurdish region.
But activists say the government has cracked down violently on peaceful demonstrators. This claim is disputed by the Syrian government, which accuses armed groups to attack security forces and citizens.
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