Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Tuesday stressed the importance of the rule of law and said the state should have a monopoly over weapons in the country. Addressing some 600 people at the opening of the National Dialogue conference in Damascus,

Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa pledged Tuesday to ensure a state monopoly on weapons at a national dialogue conference, saying his country was at a "new historic phase" after Bashar al-Assad's overthrow.

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.