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Syria says ex-rebel groups agree to integrate under Defence Ministry

A former opposition fighters walks past a defaced portrait of the toppled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in the town of Yafour near Damascus, on December 23, 2024 [Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP]

Syria’s de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has reached an agreement with rebel factions to come together as one force under the Defence Ministry, according to the new Syrian general administration.

A meeting between al-Sharaa and the heads of the groups “ended in an agreement on the dissolution of all the groups and their integration under the supervision of the ministry of defence”, said a statement by the new administration on Tuesday.

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