Syria appoints veteran diplomat Faisal Mekdad as foreign minister -state media
22 Nov 2020 / 23:38 H.
AMMAN, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Syria named veteran diplomat Faisal Mekdad as foreign minister on Sunday, replacing Walid Moalem who died last week, state media reported.
Mekdad had been deputy foreign minister since 2006.
(Reporting by Suleiman Al-Khalidi; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
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