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 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.

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