Syria’s foreign minister Walid Muallem dies: state TV

Monday 16 November 2020

SMA News – Syria

Syria’s foreign minister, Walid Muallem, died Monday at dawn at the age of 79, the government announced on state television.

The veteran diplomat, who had been foreign minister since 2006, started  his career as a diplomat in 1964.

The state news agency SANA carried an official government announcement but did not specify the cause of death.