Riyad Hijab, Syrian Prime Minister, Defects To Anti-Assad Opposition: Spokesman
Syrian Prime Minister Riyad Hijab has defected to the opposition seeking to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad, a spokesman for Hijab said on Monday, marking one of the most high profile desertions from the Damascus government.
Syrian state TV said Hijab had been fired, but an official source in Amman said the dismissal followed his defection to neighbouring Jordan with his family.
“I announce today my defection from the killing and terrorist regime and I announce that I have joined the ranks of the freedom and dignity revolution. I announce that I am from today a soldier in this blessed revolution,” Hijab said in a statement read in his name by the spokesman, which was broadcast on Al Jazeera television.
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