Syrian Salvation Government

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The Syrian Salvation Government (SSG) was an unrecognized quasi-state in Syria, formed on 2 November 2017 by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and other opposition groups during the Syrian civil war, as an administration responsible for managing the affairs of civilians in areas under its control. It controlled parts of northwestern Syria, primarily in the Idlib Governorate and Aleppo Governorate, as well as smaller areas of the Hama Governorate and Latakia Governorate. The SSG had an estimated population of over 4,000,000 in 2023 and Its de facto capital was Idlib.The SSG was governed as an authoritarian technocratic Islamic state with two branches: the legislative General Shura Council, headed by a president, and the executive branch, headed by a prime minister. Although HTS declared its independence from the SSG, the SSG was widely regarded as its civilian administration that maintained a degree of operational autonomy from the group. It has been described as the state-building project of...

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