DAMASCUS - Syrian foreign affairs chief Asaad al-Shibani on Monday evening issued a decision to recall Syria's ambassadors to Russia and Saudi Arabia, according to the state-run SANA news agency.
The agency, quoting sources from the foreign ministry, said that Bashar al-Jaafari, Syria's envoy to Moscow, and Ayman Sousan, ambassador to Riyadh, have been reassigned to the ministry's central administration in Damascus.
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No immediate replacements were named.
Until official appointments are made in the coming period, both embassies will be run by charges d'affaires, said SANA.
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The move is part of a wider diplomatic reorganization launched by Syria's interim authorities following the recent formation of a transitional government.
