The wave of violence that has left almost 600 dead since last Sunday in the Syrian region of Sueida has forced Israel to allow the entrance of Damascus troops in the conflict zone a few days after demanding its withdrawal. On the morning of this Saturday, this deployment is already beginning, according to sources from the Syrian Interior Ministry cited by the Reuters agency. Meanwhile, the United States ensures that both parties have agreed to stop the fire, although the truces announced this week have been broken.
In one more sample that he intends to be the one who takes the reins of the events within the Arab country, Israel has reported that he has reached an agreement with the Syrian army so that it is deployed limited for two days in the convulsive dream. It still does not be fulfilled and the dead are counted by tens every day for the clashes between Drusa population, which is defended by Israel, and members of Beduine tribes, allies of the Syrian army. That pact is a change in the face of the way of acting so far from the Israeli authorities, who had opted throughout this week for attacks on the military that had advanced towards Sueda, bombings to military facilities in Damascus and threats to the government that leads interimly.
The United States said Friday that Israel and Syria have agreed to stop the fire with the help of Washington, as published by the special American envoy to Syria, Tom Barrack, in their X profile (formerly Twitter).
“Given the current instability in southwest Syria, Israel agreed to allow the limited income of internal security forces [sirias] To the Sueida region during the next 48 hours, ”said an Israeli official who has asked not to be identified, according to several media. That announcement took place one day after Prime Minister Benjamín Netanyahu prohibited the Syrian army from moving south -south “Priority” for Damascus.
The Syrian Human Rights Observatory (OSDH) reported on Friday of “fierce clashes” in the western suburbs of the city of Sueida, near the village of Walgha, after members of Beduinas tribes set fire to properties belonging to people from the Drusa community in the aforementioned village and in Al Mazraa between Thursday night and the morning of Friday. Citing their collaborators on the land, they point to an increase in violence in rural areas against the tense calm that is lived in the urban center of Sueida, and the dead are encrypting since Sunday for sectarian violence in at least 596.
Media such as BBC or Reuters account for the high degree of violence in the area, while the absence of fighting in the last hours in some areas is used to collect corpses of streets and homes. Rima (Pseudonym), a 45 -year -old Drusa woman from Sueida, has told the British channel by phone that she has witnessed “barbaric” scenes. “There were bodies everywhere outside our building,” he describes, while armed men – government and foreign combatants – they traveled their neighborhood from Puerta to Puerta in search of victims.
Summary and arbitrary executions
The United Nations sees indications, according to the information available, of “generalized violations and abuses, including summary and arbitrary executions, kidnappings, destruction of private property and looting of housing” in Sueda. This was stated from Geneva by the spokeswoman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ravina Shamdasani, who adds that “among the alleged authors were members of the security forces and people affiliated with the provisional authorities, as well as other armed elements of the area, including Druss and Bedouins.” Pushed by violence, there are already about 2,000 displaced families, according to the spokeswoman. Many hospitals have difficulty attending the influx of injured, the UN Agency for refugees (UNHCR) also pointed out.
The rebound of violence fears an worsening in the situation in the Middle East. The president of Türkiye, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, called his Russian counterpart on Friday, Vladimir Putin, to exchange opinions about the Syrian conflict and a possible aggravation of tension in the area. The Turkish president, who is favorable to the presence of the Damascus Army in Sueida, has asked Israel to stop attacking Syrian sovereignty.
As for the disturbances lived especially on Wednesday in the highs of the Syrian goal occupied by Israel, the return to calm was appreciated on Thursday in the main town of the area. Hundreds of people went from one side of the fence that separates territory controlled by the Jewish state from which Damascus manages. Little by little, each one has been returning to their side while Israeli authorities raise a concrete wall in front of the double obstacle of fence.
The latest movements of the Netanyahu government reflect their desire to control military hand The internal affairs of neighboring countries such as Syria, Lebanon or Iran. On Wednesday, the prime minister herself boasted of having imposed a stop the fire that, finally, has not set. “This high fire was achieved strongly. Not with requests or supplications, but strongly. We are reaching peace with force, tranquility with force, safety with force,” said Prime Minister, who leads a cabinet in which several ministers have openly requested the elimination of the President to Shara.
The Syrian president is a former member of the Qaeda terrorist network converted into a politician after leading. More than half a year later, Shara is still looking for its place. Internal level, sectarian struggles and accountability against minorities are still present in the country. On an external level, there are serious doubts that you have forgotten all your desire to impose the Sharía (Islamic law), although and, in addition to meeting with him, he has raised the sanctions to Syria.
