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Mohammed al-Bashir: Who is Syria's new interim prime minister?

11 December 2024 10:50 GMT

Mohammed al-Bashir, the head of the administration that ran Idlib in northwest Syria, has been appointed as the country's interim prime minister following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad. 

The decision came after Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Abu Mohammad al-Jolani met with outgoing Syrian Prime Minister Mohammed Jalali and Vice President Faisal Mekdad to discuss a transitional government on Monday.

"The general command has tasked us with running the transitional government until 1 March," Bashir said on Tuesday, according to state media. 

HTS led the shock 12-day rebel offensive which toppled the Assad dynasty that ruled Syria for the last six decades.

Bashir has been the head of the Syrian Salvation Government, a HTS-controlled administration in the Idlib governorate, since January 2024. 

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Head of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham's 'Salvation Government' in northwest Syria Mohammed al-Bashir, holds a press conference in Idlib on 28 November 2024 (AFP/Omar Haj Kadour)