With rebels’ backing Bashir takes over as Syria’s interim PM

• New leader was in charge of a small pocket in northwest wrested from the army during uprising against Assad
• Israeli strikes target Syria’s military bases

DAMASCUS: Syria’s interim leader announced on Tuesday he was taking charge of the country as caretaker prime minister with the backing of the former rebels who toppled President Bashar Al Assad three days ago.

In a brief address on state television, Mohammed Al Bashir, a figure little known across most of Syria who previously...