The line-up - including Druze, Alawite and Christian ministers - was announced after sectarian violence broke out in eastern Syria

The government includes ministers who were educated in the West, one woman, and members of the Druze, Kurdish, Christian, and Alawite minority groups.

Syria’s new transitional government was sworn in Saturday nearly four months after the Assad family was removed from power and as the new authorities in Damascus work to bring back stability to the war-torn country.