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Syria’s interim president moves his brother out of a top post in a government reshuffle

The overhaul adds new ministers and provincial governors as critics question appointments close to the president.

  • Syria's interim leader reshuffled top government posts and removed his brother, Maher al-Sharaa, from a key position amid accusations of nepotism after the civil war.
  • Maher al-Sharaa had been the secretary-general to the presidency in Damascus before being replaced.
  • Abdul Rahman Badreddine al-Aama, former governor of Homs, was appointed as the new secretary-general to the presidency.
  • The interim leader also appointed new governors for several provinces and a new information minister, Khaled Zaarour.
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President Ahmad Al-Sharaa issued executive decrees to strengthen the General Secretariat and key portfolios in the first reform of Syria's transitional government.

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Reuters broke the news in United Kingdom on Saturday, May 9, 2026.
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