Syrian President chairs over a higher education meeting for the party leadership, new governors sworn in

The regional Leadership of the Syrian Baath party on Tuesday held a meeting chaired by President Bashar al-Assad who is also the Party's regional leadership secretary general.

The participants in the meeting discussed the higher education development plan. They decided to review university laws and regulations to cope with academic developments.

They also decided to establish private and joint universities, or branches for Arab and world universities with specified specializations in the light of the development plan and society's needs.

On the other hand, three new governors took the oath on Tuesday in the presence of President al-Assad. The new governors are: Ghassan Muhammad al-Laham ( used to be the director of al-Assad library in damascus: Tomader) as the governor for Damascus city, Arab Saliba Ibn al-Qiss Matta, Governor of Tartous, And Ali Bin Maalla Ahmad, the governor of Hassaka.