The leader of the armed groups who toppled longtime Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad says it could take as long as four years for Syria to hold elections. Ahmed al-Sharaa made the comments in an interview with the Saudi Al Arabiya network, saying it will take time to organize a new census, and up to three years to draft a new constitution. Al-Sharaa also said his paramilitary group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham would soon be dissolved.

Elsewhere, civil defense groups say 11 people were killed — most of them civilians — after an Israeli airstrike triggered a massive blast at a weapons depot near the Syrian capital Damascus. This follows dozens of Israeli airstrikes on Syria’s military infrastructure in recent weeks.