Syrian Prime Minister Riyad al-Hijab has defected to Jordan, according to news reports, becoming the most senior official yet to quit the embattled government. Khaled Al-Hariri/Reuters
Syrian Prime Minister Dismissed as Violence Continues -- New York Times
BEIRUT, Lebanon — President Bashar al-Assad fired his prime minister on Monday, Syria’s official media reported, as activists countered that he had defected with several officials and military commanders in what seemed a further indication of disarray among government loyalists following a series of high-level defections and a rebel bomb attack last month that killed four of the Syrian leader’s closest security aides.
Amid a rush of jubilation, opposition figures said Prime Minister Riyad Farid Hijab had defected to neighboring Jordan along with at least two ministers and three military officers — 10 families in all, opposition leaders said. Al Jazeera television carried what it said was a statement from a spokesman for Mr. Hijab saying he had “joined the ranks of the freedom and dignity revolution.”
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