Agreement reached to dissolve factions, merge them under Syrian MoD
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The leader of the new Syrian administration, Ahmad al-Sharaa, had said that there will be no weapons in the hands of anyone other than the new Syrian state.
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Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Ahmad al-Sharaa (also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani) arrives for a meeting with visiting officials from Lebanon's Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) in Damascus on December 22, 2024 (Photo by AFP)
A meeting between the leaders of the military factions in Syria with the leader of the new Syrian administration, Ahmad al-Sharaa, resulted in an agreement to dissolve all the factions and merge them under the umbrella of the Ministry of Defense, the official Syrian news agency SANA reported, citing the military operations room and sources affiliated with the Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group.
Al-Sharaa said on Sunday in a press conference in Damascus with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, that there will be no weapons in the hands of anyone other than the new Syrian state, whether from the factions that led an offensive that ousted the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad or from the factions present in the regions controlled by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces.
He had confirmed that all military factions will be merged into a single entity under the control of the Ministry of Defense in the new Syrian army.
Al-Sharaa also appointed Murhaf Abu Qasra, formerly known as Abu Hassan al-Hamwi, as defense minister in the interim Syrian government.
But since the fall of al-Assad's regime, the Israeli occupation military launched large-scale bombardments that destroyed for than 90% of the Syrian Army's defenses and military capabilities.
