SHAFAQNA- Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem passed away at the age of 79, SANA reported.
Born in 1941 in Damascus, Muallem graduated from Cairo University in the year 1963 with a B.A. in economics.
Muallem joined Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1964 and worked in Syrian diplomatic missions in several countries. Muallem was appointed as Foreign Minister since the year 2006.