Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa carried out a partial cabinet reshuffle on Saturday, replacing several ministers and senior officials, including his own brother, according to the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA).
The biography of the new Minister of Information published by Syria’s official news agency SANA
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa carried out a partial cabinet reshuffle on Saturday, replacing several ministers and senior officials, including his own brother, according to the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA).
The most striking change sees Maher el-Chareh, the president's brother and Secretary-General of the Syrian Presidency, replaced by Abdel Rahman Badreddine Al-A'ma, the former governor of Homs.
The Ministers of Information and Agriculture were also replaced: Hamza Al-Mustafa gives way to Khaled Fawaz Zaarour, while Amjad Badr is succeeded by Bassel Hafez Al-Soueidan. New governors were also appointed for several provinces, including Homs, Quneitra, Latakia and Deir ez-Zor.
No official explanation was provided for the reshuffle, and the reasons behind it remain opaque.
The changes come more than a year after the formation of Syria's transitional government in March 2025, which followed the ousting of Bashar al-Assad in late 2024. That government was widely noted for being dominated by al-Sharaa's inner circle, making the removal of his own brother from a key position a notable, if unexplained, development.
Whether the reshuffle signals a genuine broadening of the transitional government's base, an internal power realignment, or simply routine administrative change remains to be seen.
In a country still navigating a delicate and uncertain transition, personnel decisions at the top carry considerable weight, even when their rationale goes unstated.
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