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world15 days ago•3 min saved

Syria Conducts First Cabinet Shake-Up Since Assad Ouster

Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa announced the first government reshuffle since Bashar al-Assad’s 2024 ouster, moving his brother from the presidential office and installing trusted allies to key posts, including a new information minister and an agriculture minister linked to the defence minister’s family; several provincial governors were replaced as Syria seeks to rebuild state structures amid economic hardship, while Assad-era officials face trials as part of transitional justice efforts.

via Al Jazeera|

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world29 days ago•2 min saved

Damascus opens landmark trial of Assad-era security official over Deraa crackdown

Syria holds its first public trial of an Assad-era security official, Atef Najib, in Damascus for alleged crimes related to the 2011 crackdown in Deraa; Najib faces charges of crimes against the Syrian people, with Bashar al-Assad and his brother Maher charged in absentia as the transitional justice process advances after decades of conflict.

via Al Jazeera|

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