Syria introduces new reforms, army ends its mission in Homs

Syrian Prime Minister Adel Safar has established a new program to employ 10,000 university graduates annually at government institutions, Syria's official news agency SANA reported on Thursday.

Mohammad Habash, a parliament member, told Xinhua that " creating 10,000 job opportunities yearly is something good, however it doesn't solve the unemployment problem because we have almost 200,000 job seekers each year in the labor market." "The new reforms are expected to reflect people's will positively," he added.

Safar has also decided to form a committee to prepare a new law for general elections. The committee will finish its work within two weeks after reviewing Arab and foreign elections laws, according to SANA.

"This committee was instructed to prepare a new general election law within 15 days," Habash said.

George Gabour, a local political analyst, told Xinhua that "I hope the new committee would end its work on time and the new elections would take place in the coming months."

Syria has been wracked by protests calling for reform and freedom for nearly two months. The government blamed the unrest on armed gangs and thugs to weather the sectarian strife in the country; Kazinform cites Xinhua.

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