Global News Podcast
Syria's new leader says armed factions will come under state control
Sun, 22 Dec 2024
Turkey says there's no room for Kurdish militias in Syria's future. Also: Germany promises a thorough investigation into the Magdeburg attack.
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This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Andrew Peach and in the early hours of Monday the 23rd of December, these are our main stories. Syria's new leader says he wants all weapons and armed factions to come under state control. Germany promises a thorough investigation into the Magdeburg attack.
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We'll be right back. Today, the new de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharra, addressed those concerns in a news conference with the Turkish foreign minister, Hakan Fidan. He said that armed factions would begin to be dissolved and incorporated into the Syrian army. And he announced plans to bring all weapons in the country under state control, including those held by the mainly Kurdish SDF.
We will not by any means allow for weapons outside the control of the state, whether from revolutionary factions or factions in SDF areas. We need to close this chapter as quickly as possible because the presence of rogue arms in the country is what leads to chaos and unstable security. I think there is wide agreement among the factions. God willing, things will work out well.
Our Middle East regional editor Sebastian Usher is in Beirut and told me more about Turkey's involvement.
Hakan Fidan is the first foreign minister to go to Damascus since the toppling of Bashar al-Assad and the taking of power, essentially, for now at least, by Ahmad al-Shara and his HTS group. Now, what he was saying is, in one sense, a continuation of his efforts...
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