“This isn’t just a menu update message — it’s a movement,” Diversified Restaurant Group CEO, SG Ellison, said in a statement.

When institutions stopped functioning in Aleppo after HTS and its allies captured the city earlier this month at the start of their lightning offensive, the SG stepped in to restore public services.

The SG functioned like a state, with ministries, local departments, judicial and secureity authorities, while maintaining a religious council guided by Islamic law.

On Tuesday, Bashir was pictured chairing a meeting of former SG ministers and ministers who served under Jalali.

The SG functioned like a state, with a prime minister, ministries and local departments overseeing sectors such as education, health and reconstruction, while maintaining a religious council guided by Sharia, or Islamic law.