December 10, 2024
Syrian rebels name head of transitional government
Mohamed Bashir, who heads the so-called “Salvation Government” of HTS, gives a press conference in the rebel-held city of Idlib in northwestern Syria on November 28, 2024. — AFP DAMASCUS: The rebels who ousted President Bashar al-Assad and are now in power in Syria appointed a transitional head of government on Tuesday to run the country until March 1, a statement said. “The general administration has assigned us to run the transitional government until March 1,” said a statement attributed to Mohammad al-Bashir on state television’s Telegram account, referring to him as “the new prime minister of Syria.” Assad fled


