- Live Briefing: Syria’s new leaders dissolve rebel factions, merge them under Defense Ministry The Washington Post
- Syria’s Rebel Leaders Have Control of the Country. Now What? The Wall Street Journal
- Syria says ex-rebel groups agree to integrate under Defence Ministry Al Jazeera English
- Syrian ex-rebel factions agree to merge under defence ministry Reuters
- Syria’s new leadership to consolidate all armed rebel factions into defense ministry The Times of Israel