Syrian Prime Minister Sneaks Across Border

Submitted by news on Tue, Aug 7, 2012 - 11:32am
Syrian Prime Minister Riad Hijab has defected to rebel fighters after sneaking across the Syrian border to Jordan last night.

Mr Hijab marks the highest-ranking defection of the uprising, which has lasted 17 months thus far.

Mr Hijab accused his Syrian President Bashar al-Assad of carrying out a "genocide" against his own people and that four decades of Assad family rule were collapsing.