Syria’s new interim president pledged on Tuesday to ensure the state has a monopoly on weapons at a national dialogue conference on the country’s future after Bashar al-Assad’s overthrow.

Ahmed al-Sharaa, whose Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) led a rebel alliance that toppled Assad in December, also said he plans to establish a national dialogue conference during the country’s transition.

The conference, held at the presidential palace in Damascus, marks the beginning of a crucial phase for Syria’s future governance after years of devastating civil war.

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