Syrian minister dies of #heart_attack : state news
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/syrian-minister-dies-heart-attack-state-news
Syrian Minister of State Mohammed Turki al-Sayyed, who had publicly disowned his son for joining anti-government rebels, died on Thursday after suffering a heart attack, official news agency SANA reported. “The Council of Ministers and the Arab Socialist Union Party mourned on Thursday the Minister of State, Mr. Mohammed Turki al-Sayyed, who passed away this evening after a massive heart attack,” SANA said without providing details. Sayyed first joint #syria's parliament in 1990. He became deputy minister of culture in 2003, and was appointed #state_minister in 2012. read more