Mohammed al-Bashir is now head of Syria’s interim government

The interim government’s mandate is expected to last three months

On December 10, 2024, news emerged about the appointment of Mohammed al-Bashir as the head of Syria’s interim government.

The decision was made at a joint meeting of the Council of Ministers, which previously reported to President Bashar Assad, and an alternative government formed by opposition groups in 2017.

The interim government’s mandate is expected to last three months.Mohammed al-Bashir was born into a Sunni family in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province in 1983.

In 2007, he received a degree in technology from Aleppo University and, in 2021, earned a Sharia law degree from Idlib University.

He also completed a course in administration and project management and worked at a plant belonging to the Syria Gas Company.

After the civil war against President Bashar Assad broke out in Syria in 2011, Mohammed al-Bashir joined anti-government armed units supported by foreign funding.

In 2022-2023, he served as minister for development and humanitarian affairs in the “Syria Salvation Government.” This body was formed by opposition groups and the Hay·at Tahrir al-Sham terror group (outlawed in Russia) in 2017 in the Idlib province, which remained outside of government control.

In January 2024, al-Bashir assumed leadership of the opposition cabinet. According to Arab media outlets, under his leadership, property taxes were reduced in Idlib, and efforts began to digitize public services.