Maher Al Shara, President Ahmad Al Shara's elder brother, greets German minister Svenja Schulze in Damascus in January. Maher is now Secretary General of the Syrian Presidency. Getty Images
Maher Al Shara, President Ahmad Al Shara's elder brother, greets German minister Svenja Schulze in Damascus in January. Maher is now Secretary General of the Syrian Presidency. Getty Images

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Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara appoints brother as chief of staff

Maher Al Shara, a doctor, previously served as health minister in hastily established first post-Assad government

Khaled Yacoub Oweis
Khaled Yacoub Oweis

April 07, 2025