" In October 2012, after urged Syria to show compassion in light of the growing humanitarian crisis, Muallem spoke at the and blamed the United States, , Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar for "aid[ing] terror" and "blatant interference" in Syria's affairs, mainly by supplying rebel groups with arms and money calling for Bashar al-Assad to step down | During his tenure in Saudi Arabia Muallem was a political attache |
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In January 2013, after United Nations and envoy said Bashar al-Assad should not take part in a transitional government, Muallem called on opposition groups to join a new cabinet under al-Assad, so long as they "reject foreign intervention | Later he served as the head of private offices department from 1984 to 1990 |
In August 2012, Muallem gave his first interview with a Western journalist since the start of the civil war, in English, saying that the United States slogan of "fighting international terrorism when | He was buried at Mezzeh Cemetery |
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Career Muallem was a member of the of the |
He received primary and secondary education in public schools from 1948 to 1960.