Syria's Assad suffers low blood pressure mid-speech in parliament: state media
Syria's Assad suffers low blood pressure mid-speech in parliament: state media
The presidency's Facebook page posted that the speech would be aired later Wednesday after an initial delay.
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Bashar al-Assad was forced to pause his speech in parliament [Getty]
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad interrupted a speech he was giving to parliament after he suffered a brief drop in blood pressure, the Syrian presidency said on Wednesday.
The office said the speech was halted for “several minutes” because of a “mild” case of low blood pressure he suffered, after which he continued the speech as normal.
The presidency's Facebook page posted that the speech would be aired later on Wednesday. It did not provide further details. Assad, 54, is not known to have any specific health condition.
Assad gave the speech Wednesday on the occasion of the first parliament session after elections were held last month. The vote was the third to take place in Syria since Syria's conflict began in 2011.
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