Syrian Prime Minister Becomes Most Senior Figure To Defect... As Bomb Blasts Rips Through State TV Station -- Daily Mail
* Prime Minister Riyah Hijab 'sacked' after just two months in the job
* But sources say he has actually defected with his family to Jordan
* Reuters news agency 'Twitter accounts hacked by pro-Assad activists'
* At least three injured in what rebels claim to be 'symbolic blow' to regime
* But station managed to remain on air as staff tended to wounded colleagues
Syria's Prime Minister Riyad Hijab has been sacked amid rumours he had defected with his family to neighbouring nation Jordan.
The former agriculture minister was only handed his post by President Bashar Assad in June following a parliamentary election.
Authorities said the vote was a step towards political reform, but opponents dismissed the ballot as a sham.
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