Breaking: Syrian Prime Minister (Riyad Hijab) Sacked from Office

Syrian Prime, Minister Riyad Hijab has been sacked, just two months after his appointment, Syrian television reported on Monday.

The director of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdel Rahman, disclosed that Hijab had fled Syria.

President Bashar al-Assad appointed Hijab, a former agriculture minister, as primeminister in June following a parliamentary election in May which authorities said was a step towards political reform but which opponents dismissed as a sham.

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