Syrian President Bashar al-Assad appointed Faisal Mekdad as the new foreign minister to replace his predecessor Walid al-Muallem, who recently passed away, the country’s presidential office announced on Sunday. Syria’s former permanent representative to the United Nations in New York, Bashar Jaafari, has also been appointed as deputy foreign minister ...
The Russian side of the Russian-Turkish commission monitoring the implementation of a ceasefire in Syria has registered 31 truce violations in the Middle Eastern country over the past 24 hours, while Turkey recorded six violations, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday. “The Russian side of the Russian-Turkish joint commission ...
