INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Syrian rebels, led by the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group, on Tuesday appointed Mohammad al-Bashir as head of a transitional government
that will be in place until March 1.According to a statement attributed to Bashir, he is the &new Syrian Prime Minister&.He also said: &The
general command has tasked us with running the transitional government until March 1.&On Sunday, the rebels led by HTS, seized the capital
Damascus in a lightning offensive, toppling Bashar al-Assad&s regime
Assad fled the country and is believed to be in Moscow with his family.Until now, Bashir was the head of the rebels& Salvation Government in
northwest Syria.According to The New Arab, the Salvation Government, with its own ministries, departments, judicial and security
authorities, was set up in the Idlib bastion in 2017 to assist people in the rebel-held area cut off from government services.It has since
begun rolling out assistance in Aleppo, the first major city to fall after the rebels began their offensive.Who is Mohammed al-Bashir?Bashir
is a Syrian engineer and politician who began serving as the fifth prime minister of the self-declared HTS administration, the Syrian
Salvation Government, in January.He was born in Idlib in 1986, according to a CV published by the Salvation Government
He holds multiple qualifications spanning engineering, law, and administrative planning.He earned a degree in electrical and electronic
engineering, specialising in communications, from the University of Aleppo in 2007.In 2010, he completed an advanced English language course
administered by the ministry of education.In 2021, he obtained a degree in Sharia and law with honours from the University of Idlib
That same year, he also received a certificate in administrative planning and a certification in project management from the Syrian
International Academy for Training, Languages, and Consulting, The New Arab reported.He then worked as an engineer supervising the
establishment of a gas plant affiliated with the Syrian Gas Company.Developments under BashirIn 2021, following the Syrian uprising against
Assad, Bashir left his job at government institutions, joining &the ranks of the revolutionaries in the military field&.Between 2022 and
2023, he served as the minister of development and humanitarian affairs under his predecessor, Ali Keda.In January 2024, the Shura Council
of the Salvation Government elected him as prime minister.The post Mohammad al-Bashir appointed as Syria&s interim prime minister first
