The Syrian official news agency and social media pages on “Facebook” and “Twitter” shared on Monday first footages and photos of the funeral of late Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem.
The funeral was limited to a small number of his family members and senior officials, in line with the precautionary measures adopted by the country to curb the spread of the Coronavirus.
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من تشييع جثمان الفقيد نائب رئيس مجلس الوزراء – وزير الخارجية والمغتربين #وليد_المعلم من مشفى الشامي بـ #دمشق وسط حضور رسمي وشعبي. pic.twitter.com/q0vw3rGNuy— سانا عاجل (@SanaAjel) November 16, 2020
It is worth mentioning that, earlier today, Muallem passed away at the age of 79.
Muallem played a critical role in objecting US foreign intervention in his country.
In his annual address to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 2019, Muallem said that “tens of thousands of foreign terrorist fighters have been brought to Syria from more than a hundred countries, with the support and cover of States that are known to all”, apparently referring to the US and Turkey, whose military presence in northern Syria has been considered illegal by Damascus.
He had also warned that Western claims of alleged use of chemicals weapons by Damascus served as a pretext to repeat the Iraq war scenario in Syria.
