Syrian prime minister sacked from office

Syrian Prime, Minister Riyad Hijab has been sacked, this is coming just two months after his appointment, Syrian television reported some minutes ago.

The director of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdel Rahman, disclosed that Hijab had fled Syria.

President Bashar al-Assad appointed Hijab, a former agriculture minister, as prime
minister in June following a parliamentary election in May which
authorities said was a step towards political reform but which opponents
dismissed as a sham.

Details shortly.