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Al Jazeera Staff

What to know about Syria’s new caretaker government

Syria's caretaker Prime Minister Mohammed al-Bashir chairs a meeting of the new cabinet in Damascus on December 10, 2024 [Handout: Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) Telegram channel /AFP]

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, experts told Al Jazeera.

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