Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu re -called on the Syrian government on Thursday to withdraw its troops from the area south of Damascus. The Israeli government is advocating the establishment of a demilitarized zone in the region, which also includes the province of Suwajda, where in recent days, 500 people have died between ethnic groups. TASR took information from DPA and Times of Israel.
“We have set a clear policy: demilitarization of the region south of Damascus, from the Golan Heights to the area of Jabal Ad-Duruz. This is the number one rule,” Netanyahu said in the video chat. “The second rule is the protection of the brothers of our brothers Drusov,” he said.
According to Netanyhua, the Syrian Islamist government, under the leadership of temporary President Ahmad Šara, violated both of these Israeli rules when it sent an army south of Damascus and began to massacre the drings. “We will not allow military forces to advance south of Damascus, we will not allow to hurt the Drus in Jabal AD-Duruz,” he said.
The riots in the city of Suwajdá and its surroundings broke out on Sunday, when local Drúzan militias and members of the Sunni Bedouin clans got into the armed dispute. Subsequently, the armed forces of the new Syrian government supporting the Bedouins were involved in the conflict and the airy attacks were carried out by Israel, which was on the side of the Drúzov.
The parties closed the ceasefire
The parties of the conflict closed the ceasefire on Wednesday. The Syrian army later announced the beginning of the displacement of its units from Suwajdá.
According to Netanyhua, the ceasefire was achieved by force and not through requests or requests. “We acted and we will act as needed,” he promised.
Arabic-speaking Dun is an ethnic-religious group that separated from the Ismailite branch of Shiite Islam at the beginning of the 11th century. However, they are not considered Muslims. There are about 700,000 in Syria, with their bastion being suwajdá. More than 100,000 of them also live in Israel and the Golan Heights occupied.
Israel’s steps in Syria on Thursday evening were strongly criticized by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to which the Israeli government is trying to use the current situation to expand to Syria.
“Israel, who uses the drings as an excuse, has extended his criminal activity to neighboring Syria in the past two days,” Erdogan said, according to Anadol. According to Turkish President, Israel is a “desperate terrorist state” and its aggression is currently the biggest problem in the region. “We disagreed with the collapse of Syria yesterday and we will certainly not agree today or tomorrow,” he declared.
