Rebel factions in Syria, who ousted Bashar al-Assad from power following their November 27 offensive, on Tuesday (Dec 10) named Mohammed al-Bashir as head of a transitional government.
Citing state media, a report by the news agency AFP said that the transitional government would be in place until March 1. “The general command has tasked us with running the transitional government until March 1,” a statement attributed to Bashir said.
The statement referred to him as the new prime minister of Syria.
(More details will be added soon).