Syria has new defense minister

Murhaf Abu Qasra has been appointed as defense minister of Syria’s transitional government. The new defense minister is also known by the nickname Abu Hassan al-Hamwi, Suria TV Channel reports.

As noted, Abu Qasra was the commander of the military wing of the Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham group, which took control of the country’s largest cities, including Damascus, earlier this month and succeeded in the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad’s government.