"After toppling the regime of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader and commander-in-chief of the new administration, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has appointed Mohammed al-Bashir to lead a caretaker government until March 1... The move aims to stabilise the country by providing basic services to civilians and preventing a power struggle between armed groups over state resources and ministries..."
"[A caretaker government is needed] to ensure the state keeps functioning and that people have electricity, water sewage and the internet," said Thomas Pierret, an expert on Syria... However, the caretaker government and HTS could lose credibility if it refuses to share power after three months, experts have warned."
"Mohammed al-Bashir has done a reasonably good job in Idlib... I understand that it makes sense to scale [the Salvation Government] up to the whole of Syria, for now," he added... Al-Bashir's background in electrical engineering, project management and administrative planning suggests he has the professional know-how to maintain basic services in the country."
"He first emerged as a minister in the HTS-backed Salvation government in 2021... For two years, he served as the head of development and human..."
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