Syrian president appoints new national security, intelligence chiefs

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa made a series of appointments on Sunday to the heads of the National Security Bureau and the General Intelligence Service. Sharaa named Interior Minister Anas Khattab as head of the National Security Bureau while retaining him in his current post, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported. He also appointed Abdul Qader Tahan as head of the General Intelligence Service. The appointments also included Hussein Al-Salama, who was appointed as deputy head of the National Security Bureau, and Mulham Al-Shantout as assistant interior minister for security affairs. READ: Syria foils attempt to smuggle weapons, missiles to Hezbollah The National Security Bureau oversees all of Syria’s security agencies, while the General Intelligence Service is responsible for gathering intelligence, […]