Syrian President Bashar Assad appointed a new government on Tuesday, leaving most key posts unchanged, state media reported.

Iran PressMiddle East: The development comes nearly three months after Assad's re-election for another seven-year term.

According to the state SANA news agency, the new appointments include the ministers of information, internal trade, and consumer protection. The ministries of defense, interior, and foreign affairs remain unchanged, with the incumbents keeping the posts.

The 29-member government, which includes three women, is the sixth to be formed since the outbreak of the war in Syria in 2011.

The new Syrian cabinet, chaired by Eng. Hussein Arnous, as follows;

Eng. Hussein Arnous as Prime Minister.

Major General Ali Abdullah Ayyoub as Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister.

Mohammad Abdelsattar al-Sayyed as Minister of Religious Endowments.

Mansour Fadlallah Azzam as Presidential Affairs Minister.

Hussein Makhlouf as Local Administration and Environment Minister.

Salam Mohammad al-Saffaf as Minister of Administrative Development.

Mohammad Samer al-Khalil as Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade.

Mohammad Khaled al-Rahmoun as Interior Minister.

Mohammad Rami Martini as Tourism Minister.

Bassam Ibrahim as Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

Suhail Abdullatif as Minister of Public Works and Housing.

Iyad al-Khatib as Communications and Technology Minister.

Lubana Mshaweh as Culture Minister.

Darem Tabbaa as Education Minister.

Ahmad al-Sayyed as Minister of Justice.

Tammam Raad as Minister of Water Resources.

Kenan Yaghi as Finance Minister.

Zourhir Khazim as Transport Minister.

Bassam Tu’ma as Petroleum and Mineral Resources Minister.

Hassan al-Ghabbash as Health Minister.

Ziyad Sabbagh as Minister of Industry.

Mohammad Hassan Qatana as Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform.

Ghassan al-Zamel as Electricity Minister.

Mohammad Fayez al-Barsha as State Minister.

Fayssal Mikdad as Foreign and Expatriates Minister

Amr Salem as Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection.

Abdullah Abdullah as State Minister.

Mohammad Seif Eddin as Minister of Social Affairs and Labor.

Boutros Al-Hallaq as Minister of Information.

Dr, Diala Barakat as State Minister.

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