BEIRUT, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Syrian Prime Minister Riyad Hijab has been sacked, Syrian television reported on Monday.
President Bashar al-Assad appointed Hijab, a former agriculture minister, as prime minister in June following a parliamentary election in May which authorities said was a step towards political reform but which opponents dismissed as a sham.













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