What and why is happened ? Western supported groups have been in the Syria President Bashar al-Assad's government before more than one years ago . These groups may defect clearly and clearly . If the relation between the Syria Army and the President Bashar al -Assad is strong enough for Russia support , I think ! the Bashar al-Assad's government was not crumbling from within because the Syria Army is at the decision point of the war .
The White House said the defection showed that President Bashar al-Assad's government was "crumbling from within".
But Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi said Mr Hijab had not appeared in person and he rejected reports of other ministerial defections.
Meanwhile, reports suggest the army has stepped up its bombardment of Aleppo.
Government forces are trying to dislodge rebel fighters who have taken control of some areas of Syria's second city.
Opposition activists report intense attacks on rebel-held areas on the north-east and south-west sides of the city.
State TV said troops had clashed with "terrorist groups" in several places, inflicting heavy losses and recapturing two police stations.
Further deaths were reported in Damascus on Tuesday and an unconfirmed report from Syrian rebels said three of 48 Iranians being held as hostages had been killed by army shelling.
The rebels have claimed that the Iranians, abducted from a bus in Damascus on Saturday, are members of the Revolutionary Guard. Tehran says they are pilgrims who had been heading for a Shia religious site.
Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has said it holds the US responsible for the group's safety.
He said the US was supporting "terrorist groups" and despatching weapons to Syria, and was therefore responsible for the lives of those abducted.
'Business as usual'
Caretaker Prime Minister Omar Ghalawanji headed a cabinet meeting on Monday, stressing that all the ministers were there.
But Syria's information minister played down the significance of Mr Hijab's departure and denied there had been further defections.
"We haven't heard anything from the former prime minister and he didn't appear on TV," Omran al-Zoubi was quoted as saying by Syrian state news agency Sana.
The finance minister was said to have given a phone interview saying he was still in his post and working from his office.
According to Sana, Religious Endowments Minister Mohammad Abdul-Sattar al-Sayyed also denied he had defected.
Syria was a state of institutions, the information minister said, and the flight of some of its individuals would not affect the state, however prominent they were
The White House said the defection showed that President Bashar al-Assad's government was "crumbling from within".
But Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi said Mr Hijab had not appeared in person and he rejected reports of other ministerial defections.
Meanwhile, reports suggest the army has stepped up its bombardment of Aleppo.
Government forces are trying to dislodge rebel fighters who have taken control of some areas of Syria's second city.
Opposition activists report intense attacks on rebel-held areas on the north-east and south-west sides of the city.
State TV said troops had clashed with "terrorist groups" in several places, inflicting heavy losses and recapturing two police stations.
Further deaths were reported in Damascus on Tuesday and an unconfirmed report from Syrian rebels said three of 48 Iranians being held as hostages had been killed by army shelling.
The rebels have claimed that the Iranians, abducted from a bus in Damascus on Saturday, are members of the Revolutionary Guard. Tehran says they are pilgrims who had been heading for a Shia religious site.
Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has said it holds the US responsible for the group's safety.
He said the US was supporting "terrorist groups" and despatching weapons to Syria, and was therefore responsible for the lives of those abducted.
'Business as usual'
Caretaker Prime Minister Omar Ghalawanji headed a cabinet meeting on Monday, stressing that all the ministers were there.
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Riad Farid Hijab
- Born in 1966 in Deir al-Zour, eastern Syria
- Married with four children
- Holds a PhD in agriculture
- Joined the local branch of the Baath Party command in 1998
- Named governor of the southern province of Qunaytira in 2008
- Transferred to head the Latakia governorate around the time protests were first reported - credited in state media with negotiating an end to a sit-in
- Appointed minister of agriculture on 14 April 2011
The BBC's Jim Muir, in neighbouring Lebanon, said state media were giving the impression of it being business as usual in Damascus.
Opposition activists said that apart from the prime minister, two other ministers had also defected and a third - Finance Minister Mohammad Jalilati - was arrested as he tried to escape.But Syria's information minister played down the significance of Mr Hijab's departure and denied there had been further defections.
"We haven't heard anything from the former prime minister and he didn't appear on TV," Omran al-Zoubi was quoted as saying by Syrian state news agency Sana.
The finance minister was said to have given a phone interview saying he was still in his post and working from his office.
According to Sana, Religious Endowments Minister Mohammad Abdul-Sattar al-Sayyed also denied he had defected.
Syria was a state of institutions, the information minister said, and the flight of some of its individuals would not affect the state, however prominent they were
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