Syria’s de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa reached an agreement on Tuesday with former armed opposition faction chiefs to dissolve all groups and consolidate them under the defense ministry, according to a statement from the new administration.Prime Minister Mohammed al-Bashir had said last week that the ministry would be restructured using former armed opposition factions and officers who defected from Bashar al-Assad’s army.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Al-Sharaa will face the daunting task of trying to avoid clashes between the myriad groups.The country’s new rulers appointed Murhaf Abu Qasra, a leading figure in the insurgency that toppled Bashar al-Assad, as defense minister in the interim government.Al-Sharaa has told Western officials visiting him that the “Hayat Tahrir al-Sham” (HTS) group he heads, a former al-Qaeda affiliate, will neither seek revenge against the former regime nor repress any religious minority.Syrian armed