ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The new authorities in Syria on Wednesday held an unprecedented conference in Damascus, dissolving all armed groups and the country’s parliament and abolishing the country’s constitution.
Hussein Abdul Ghani, spokesperson for the so-called Military Operations Administration, was quoted by the government’s official Telegram channel as announcing several decisions taken during the conference.
“All military factions, as well as political and civil revolutionary bodies, will be dissolved and integrated into the state institutions,” Abdul Ghani said.
“We announce the victory of the great Syrian revolution and declare December 8 each year as a national day,” Abdul Ghani said, referring to the day Bashar al-Assad’s regime fell following a blistering offensive by rebels led by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).
The HTS and all other armed groups who played a key role in toppling Assad were dissolved.
He also said that the parliament, Assad’s Baath party, the Syrian army, and many other regime-linked institutions were dissolved.
HTS leader Ahmed al-Sharaa and facto leader of the transitional government, led a conference where “the victory of the Syrian Revolution” was declared.
Sharaa was officially declared the leader of the country, allowing him to assume all duties of the president.
The parliament was also dissolved and the task of forming a temporary legislature was given to Sharaa, who had recently said that they need three years to draft a new constitution and four years to hold elections.
