❗️Spiritual leader of the Syrian Druze community, Hekmat al-Hejri to Al Jadeed TV:

○ "Surrendering weapons is absolutely unacceptable until the state is formed and the constitution is written to guarantee our rights."

○ "It is too early to talk about handing over weapons."

○ "The state must be civil."

○ "We have concerns about the status quo if everyone is not involved."

○ "We are committed with everyone to building a state that respects people's privacy. We are building a stable state, not a temporary state."

○ "We need international monitoring of the formation of the Syrian state to avoid any vacuum in the future that would take us backwards."