US EditionSyria sets deadline for 'small groups' to join Defence Ministry
- Syria's Ministry of Defense announced on May 17, 2025, a 10-day deadline for remaining armed groups to join the national Defense Ministry structure.
- This directive follows over a decade of civil war, recent agreements to dissolve rebel factions, and efforts under President Ahmad al-Sharaa to unify fragmented military units.
- Al-Sharaa, 42, who overthrew Bashar al-Assad's government with rebel groups by late 2024, plans inclusive governance, institution-building, and free elections amid ongoing security challenges including jihadist threats.
- President Trump lifted U.S. Sanctions after meeting al-Sharaa, urging normalization with neighbors, deportation of foreign militants, and signing the Abraham Accords to stabilize Syria, which the Syrian government welcomed.
- The incorporation deadline aims to consolidate control over armed factions, strengthen state authority, and support Syria's political transition, though some factions remain skeptical or independent.
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Damascus Gives Syrian Armed Groups 10 Days to Join State Security Apparatus
Syria’s post-Assad regime has given independent armed factions 10 days to merge with the state-run security apparatus or face punitive measures, according to Syrian Defense Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra. In a statement released on the evening of May 17, Abu Qasra said Syrian “military units” had been successfully merged into a “unified institutional framework” subject to government control. However, Abu Qasra went on to stress “the need for the rema…
Syria sets deadline for 'small groups' to join Defence Ministry
Syria's defence minister has called on small armed groups that have yet to merge with the security apparatus to do so within 10 days or face unspecified measures, in a bid to consolidate state authority six months after Bashar al-Assad was toppled.
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