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Syrian Space Agency

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The Syrian Space Agency is a government run organization overseen by the Syrian Minister of Communications and Technology, Iyad Mohammad al-Khatib, and dedicated to space exploration.

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Agency Type
Government-run national space agency 1
Founded Year
2014 1
Headquarters
Damascus, Syria 1
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1. Wikipedia: Syrian Space Agency
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  • Syrian Space Agency Wikipedia article, opening paragraph
    is a government run organization overseen by the Syrian Minister of Communications and Technology
  • Syrian Space Agency Wikipedia article, infobox Formed field
    Formed: March 18, 2014; 12 years ago (2014-03-18)
  • Syrian Space Agency Wikipedia article, infobox Headquarters field
    Headquarters: Damascus, Syria
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Open Questions (1 open question)
Which Syrian official currently heads the Syrian Space Agency: the one named in its own infobox, or the different one named in its own article text?

The Syrian Space Agency own Wikipedia article names two different people as the Syrian Minister of Communications and Technology who oversees the agency: the infobox Agency executive field names Abdul Salam Haykal, while the article own body text names Iyad Mohammad al-Khatib in the same role. Nothing on the page reconciles the two names, and Syria government changed in late 2024, so a stale edit on one side of the page is plausible but unconfirmed.

What would resolve this A dated official Syrian government or state media announcement naming the sitting Minister of Communications and Technology, or a corrected, internally consistent Wikipedia revision, would settle which name is current.
Contemporary Syrian government and public administration reportingWikipedia: Syrian Space Agency
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