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Syrian PM defects to opposition

"Hijab will go to Doha, where international media are based. He will leave for Qatar tomorrow, the day after or after a few days," Otri told AFP in the Jordanian capital.

A member of the Syrian opposition in Jordan said Hijab will travel to Qatar "in the coming few hours".

"We are currently coordinating to facilitate the departure of Hijab to Doha in the coming few hours. Seven of his brothers will stay in Jordan," he said, saying he had helped Hijab defect.

"We understand the sensitivity of this issue for Jordan. We do not want to create problems for the kingdom, which already has tense relations with the Syrian regime," he said, on condition of anonymity.

Questions:

1. Who has Syrian Prime Minister Riad Hijab defection been organized with?

2. What did Syrian Prime Minister Riad Hijab call President Bashar al-Assad's government regime?

3. In Riah Hijab’s speech, what ranks did he say he had joined in the revolution?

Answers

1. The Free Syrian Army.

2. A killing and terrorist regime.

3. The ranks of the freedom and dignity revolution.

About the broadcaster:

Rosie Tuck is a copy editor at the China Daily website. She was born in New Zealand and graduated from Auckland University of Technology with a Bachelor of Communications studies majoring in journalism and television. In New Zealand she was working as a junior reporter for the New Zealand state broadcaster TVNZ. She is in Beijing on an Asia New Zealand Foundation grant, working as a journalist in the English news department at the China Daily website.