KABUL: The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham has appointed new ministers of defense and foreign affairs for the transitional government in Syria, the state-run news agency of Syria, said in a report.
According to the report, Asad Hasan al-Shibani was appointed as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Marhaf Abu Qasra as the new Minister of National Defense.
Al-Shibani is a graduate of Damascus University and previously served as the political representative of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in the Idlib province before the group’s rise to power.
Marhaf Abu Qasra is noted to be one of the commanders within Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.