Syrian Arab News Agency
Mahmoud was a faculty member at the department of media of Damascus University. He participated in several Arab and international conferences and symposia, specialized media, and provided research and applied studies and worked as a reporter for radio and television and director of the office of the tongue in Egypt from 1996 to 2002. He was general manager and chief editor of the Syrian Arab News Agency from 2004 until his appointment as information minister in April 2006. He succeeded Mohsen Bilal as minister. After leaving office, Mahmoud was appointed Syria's ambassador to Iran in December 2012.