Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued today (Wednesday) a decree to make a government reshuffle that includes five ministers, according to the Syrian official media .

And the Syrian News Agency (SANA) stated that President Al-Assad "issued today Decree No. (91) of 2023, which provides for a government reshuffle that includes five ministers."

The decree stipulated naming Firas Hassan Kaddour as Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources to succeed Bassam Tohme, Mohsen Abdel Karim Ali as Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection to succeed Amr Salem, and Abdel Qader Joukdar as Minister of Industry to succeed Ziyad Sabbagh.

The decree also stipulated the naming of Louay Imad al-Din al-Munajjid as Minister of Social Affairs and Labor to succeed Muhammad Saif al-Din, and Ahmed Bustahji as Minister of State.

The decree ended the naming of Muhammad Fayez Al-Barsha as Minister of State.

The amendment also comes more than a month after a devastating earthquake struck several areas in Syria, killing 1,414 people and wounding 2,357, according to the Syrian Ministry of Health.