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4 days ago · Executive branch. chief of state: President Bashar al-ASAD (since 17 July 2000); Vice President Najah al-ATTAR (since 23 March 2006) head of government: Prime Minister Hussein ARNOUS (since 30 August 2020); Deputy Prime Minister Ali Abdullah AYOUB (Lt. Gen.) (since 30 August 2020) cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president elections/appointments: president directly elected by simple majority popular vote for a 7-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 26 ...
2 days ago · In the fallout of the 2005 assassination of Rafic al-Hariri, a former prime minister who opposed Syrian involvement, a popular backlash against Syria led to its decision to withdraw its forces from Lebanon. On March 8, 2005, days after Syria announced its withdrawal, Hezbollah organized a massive rally in support of Syria; the date of this ...
1 day ago · Hafez al-Assad. Hafez al-Assad [a] (6 October 1930 – 10 June 2000) was a Syrian politician, military officer and revolutionary who served as the 18th president of Syria from 1971 until his death in 2000. He had previously served as prime minister of Syria from 1970 to 1971 as well as regional secretary of the regional command of the Syrian ...
23 hours ago · Prime Minister: Mustafa al-Mousa Syria (opposition Salvation Government) President of the General Shura Council: 4 June 2020 Roman Golovchenko Belarus: Prime Minister: 11 June 2020 Hussein Arnous Syria: Acting Prime Minister: 11 June 2020 – 30 August 2020 Prime Minister: 30 August 2020 – present: 18 June 2020 Évariste Ndayishimiye Burundi
4 days ago · BEIRUT — In a parliamentary session on Wednesday addressing the Syrian refugee issue and the EU's €1 billion package deal, Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati pledged to ramp up diplomatic efforts to tackle the country's ongoing refugee crisis, revealing that the president of the European Commission promised to increase the €1 billion ...
3 days ago · Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico suffered life-threatening injuries when he was shot and wounded in an attempted assassination that stunned his country and drew a chorus of international ...
23 hours ago · Finland will propose a law next week allowing border agents to block asylum seekers trying to enter from Russia, the prime minister said on Sunday, a decision that could cause Helsinki to temporarily breach its international commitments. Finland shut its border with Russia last year to stop a growing number of arrivals from countries including Syria and Somalia, and accused Moscow of weaponising migration against it and the European Union, an assertion the Kremlin denies. Finland annoyed ...
