Syria's new authorities announced Tuesday that they had reached an agreement with the country's rebel groups on their dissolution and integration into the regular defence forces.

Syria’s new prime minister, Mohammed al-Bashir, had said last week that the ministry would be restructured using former rebel factions and officers who defected from Bashar al-Assad’s army.

On Sunday, Sharaa said the new authorities would “absolutely not allow there to be weapons in the country outside state control”.

That also applied to the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, he said.