SWEIDA,(ST)_Delegated by President Bashar al-Assad, Minister of Presidential Affairs Mansour Azzam offered condolences on the passing away of the former Member of Parliament Sheikh Abdullah Abdul-Ghaffar Al-Atrash.
The late Al-Atrash’s family expressed thanks and appreciation for the President’s generous gesture and condolences.
The funeral ceremony of the former MP, who passed away last Monday, took place at Sweida Municipal Stadium in the presence of people paying respects, clergymen and officials.
Attendees praised the virtues of the late Parliamentarian, who was known for his noble patriotic and humanitarian stances, and his prominent social role as well as his call to defend the national values and preserve national and social cohesion and stance towards the Syrian Arab Army.
The late Al-Atrash was born in 1933, he graduated from Faculty of Law in Cairo University in 1964 and served as a member of parliament for five consecutive legislative terms since 1994.
Basma Qaddour