by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 31, 2014 | Middle East
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Bashar Al-Assad’s former deputy prime minster Qadri Jamil said that presidential elections due to return the embattled president to power “will not change the status quo” of the Syrian crisis. “The present circumstances in Syria are...
by Caroline Akoum | Oct 31, 2013 | Middle East
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—In exclusive remarks to Asharq Al-Awsat, Syria’s former deputy prime minister, Qadri Jamil, denied on Wednesday that he had been put forward by the Russian government as a possible leader for a post-Assad Syria. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat...
by Alex Edwards | Oct 30, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad fired his deputy prime minister Qadri Jamil on Tuesday, citing unauthorized contacts with foreign diplomats and absence from his post. A statement on Syrian state TV said: “Jamil was dismissed because he...
by Caroline Akoum | Oct 18, 2013 | Middle East
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—A senior Syrian government military intelligence officer Brig. Jameh Jameh was reportedly shot dead on Thursday by Islamist rebels in eastern Syria, Asharq Al-Awsat has learned. The chief of intelligence in Deir Ezzor and one of Syria’s top...
