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Head of the Syrian regime, Bashar Assad, reshuffled his government on Monday and surprisingly appointed Mohammad Rahmoun as the new Minister of Interior, replacing longtime Minister Mohammed Ibrahim al-Shaar.
In 2017, the US Department of Treasury imposed sanctions on Rahmoun, in addition to 17 other figures and six entities for their role in committing brutal crimes against the Syrian people.
Rahmoun previously headed the powerful Political Security Directorate, one of the main intelligence agencies in the country.
The opposition accuses him of brutally cracking down on peaceful protesters in 2011 when he was head of one of the air force intelligence directorate branches.
He was also part of the regime delegation at the Astana summit held in the Kazakh capital last year.
Source: Asharq Alawsat.