Reports saying that HTS has demanded Palestinians close their military bases and surrender all arms.
Writing in Lebanon's Al-Akhbar newspaper, Ibrahim Al-Amin says that HTS informed Palestinian factions present in Syria they can no longer have weapons or training camps in Syria. He says the new powers in Syria are heading towards “neutrality” in the conflict with Israel.
Hussain Abdul-Hussain, research fellow at the FDD reports on his X account:
Palestinian report says Syria new rulers (HTS) met with all Palestinian militia chiefs in Damascus, and instructed them to surrender their bases outside the refugee camps and to maintain personal weapons in their offices inside the camps, for now and until a legislation decides what to do with them.
Report says Sharaa (formerly Jolani) is disarming pro-Assad factions only, and that a Hamas representative did not attend the meeting.
Except for Hamas, all Palestinians supported Assad all along.
Hamas had a fallout with Assad when it helped rebels in Homs, in 2014, but Hamas later came back begging Assad for reconciliation. Not sure whether Jolani will see Hamas as fellow Islamists (or as fellow protege of Qatar and Turkey) or as friends of Assad.
Not sure either whether Jolani wants to disarm all militias, or only those he believes were allied with Assad.