Syrian government services come to ‘complete halt’ as workers stay at home

Syrians celebrate at Umayyad Square in Aleppo, Syria (Omar Sanadiki/AP)

Syria’s prime minister said that most cabinet ministers were back at work on Monday after rebels overthrew President Bashar Assad.

However, some state workers failed to return to their jobs and a United Nations official said the country’s public sector had come “to a complete and abrupt halt”.