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Bashar al-Assad to change Secretary of Defense
2011-08-09 16:35:43
BAGHDAD (Iba) ... appointed by President Bashar al-Assad, General David Rajha first new ministers of defense. State television said that this comes in the context of changes at the highest level of state were decided after the meetings held with lion and delegations representing the people of the cities where protests.
The television said that Defense Minister Ali Habib sick some time ago and his health deteriorated recently.
And solve the preponderant (64 years) replaced Habib inscribed in the list of EU officials Syrians travel ban and frozen their assets.
The Rajha - a Christian from the province of Damascus - graduated from the Military Academy in 1968 and included military ranks, and was Chief of Staff of the army until the day appointed minister of defense.
The Assad regime is facing an unprecedented popular movement for nearly five months, but the system does not recognize the size of the protests are still armed groups accused of planting the chaos to justify sending the army to various cities to quell the demonstrations.
The use of force to fall more than two thousand people dead, mostly civilians, since March 15 / March, according to human rights organizations. (End)
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2011-08-09 16:35:43
BAGHDAD (Iba) ... appointed by President Bashar al-Assad, General David Rajha first new ministers of defense. State television said that this comes in the context of changes at the highest level of state were decided after the meetings held with lion and delegations representing the people of the cities where protests.
The television said that Defense Minister Ali Habib sick some time ago and his health deteriorated recently.
And solve the preponderant (64 years) replaced Habib inscribed in the list of EU officials Syrians travel ban and frozen their assets.
The Rajha - a Christian from the province of Damascus - graduated from the Military Academy in 1968 and included military ranks, and was Chief of Staff of the army until the day appointed minister of defense.
The Assad regime is facing an unprecedented popular movement for nearly five months, but the system does not recognize the size of the protests are still armed groups accused of planting the chaos to justify sending the army to various cities to quell the demonstrations.
The use of force to fall more than two thousand people dead, mostly civilians, since March 15 / March, according to human rights organizations. (End)
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