Syria national dialogue conference held in Damascus

Hundreds of Syrians gathered this week in Damascus for the first Syrian national dialogue conference since the fall of former President Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December. Attendees came from Syria’s diverse ethnic and minority communities with the goal of charting Syria’s political transition. In a speech addressing the conference, the country’s interim president, Ahmad Al-Sharaa, appealed for unity amid tensions between his administration in Damascus and the minority regions of Syria.