Syrian foreign ministry spokesman Jihad Makdisi, a well-known advocate of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, has resigned and is headed for London, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Monday.
“Makdisi was pressured by people inside the presidential palace, but not the president himself, to resign. He is now on his way to London,” Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP, adding that he had left from Beirut international airport.
Syria foreign ministry spokesman quits
