Syria: President Assad appoints new ministers

DAMASCUS-The president of Syria, Bashar al Assad, has announced a cabinet reshuffle to change five ministers, including that of oil. According to AAA, the Syrian president in a decree announced the new appointments in his cabinet: Hassan Kaddour, the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Mohsen Abdul Karim Ali, Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection, Abdelqader Jokhdar Minister of Industry, Louay al-Munajjed, Minister of Social Affairs and Labor and Ahmed Bostachi, Minister of the Interior.