He called Western concerns over use "a joke" and a pretext for an -like campaign | He was appointed as on 11 February 2006 during a cabinet reshuffle in which his predecessor became vice-president |
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He described the opposition as traitors and terrorists in his initial speech while accusing a number of states of supporting terrorism and deliberately attempting to destabilize Syria.
22Following the which killed up to 100 Syrian soldiers, Muallem said that the Syrian government "holds the United States fully responsible because facts show that it was an intentional attack, and not an error, even if the United States claims otherwise | In December 2012, he further blamed United States and sanctions for the suffering in Syria |
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Then he obtained a bachelor of arts degree in economics from in 1963 | Early life and education Walid Muallem was born into a family on 13 January 1941 in |