Syria Authorities Say Armed Groups Have Agreed To Disband

Men wait outside a transitional government centre to hand over small arms and register former soldiers, police members and civilians in Damascus. (Credit: AFP)

Syria's new leaders announced Tuesday that they had reached an agreement with the country's rebel groups on their dissolution and integration under the defence ministry.

Absent from the meeting were representatives of the US-backed, Kurdish-led forces that control swathes of Syria's northeast.