Zaim was a researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research and was appointed as minister of industry to the Syrian Cabinet led by then prime minister Mohammad Mustafa Mero on 13 December 2001.
Zaim was a researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research. Zaim was appointed as minister of industry to the Syrian Cabinet. This Syrian Cabinet was led by then prime minister Mohammad Mustafa Mero on 13 December 2001.