Hours after SOHR report | Al-Sharaa appoints close associate Maher Al-Hassan to head Syrian Petroleum Company

Hours after the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported information from inside the Syrian Petroleum Company that Maher Al-Hassan was set to replace Youssef Al-Qablawi, transitional President Ahmed Al-Sharaa issued Decree No. 190 of 2026 appointing engineer Maher Khalil Al-Hassan as the company’s chief executive. The decree confirmed the information published by SOHR…