Deir Ezzour Governor offers president Al-Assad’s condolences on the passing away of the former Speaker Hadiya Abbas

DEIR EZZOUR, (ST)_ Delegated by President Bashar Al-Assad, Deir Ezzor Governor Fadel Najjar has offered condolences over the passing away of the former Speaker of the People’s Assembly [Parliament] Hadiya Abbas, during a funeral at al-Fath Mosque in Deir Ezzor province. 

 

Deir Ezzor Governor conveyed President Al-Assad’s condolence to the family of the late Hadiya Abbas.

 

“The deceased had an honorable record of working in public affairs, being the first woman who occupied the position of Speaker of the parliament,” the Governor said, adding that she  was known during the stages of her job for her patriotism and loyalty to Syria, and she performed her job and fulfilled her duties.

 

The deceased family expressed appreciation for the President’s generous gesture which had a great impact on their souls, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA).

 

Dr. Hadiya Abbas, the former Speaker of the Syrian People’s Assembly, died yesterday of a heart attack in the Military Hospital in Deir Ezzor.

 

She was born in Deir Ezzor province in 1958 and holds a PhD in Agricultural Engineering from Aleppo University.

 

Basma Qaddour