Israel launches new strikes on Syria following sectarian violence • FRANCE 24 English
Syria’s government calls it a dangerous escalation after Israel carried out an air strike near the presidential palace in Damascus. The message from these protesters in the capital echoes the governments Israel must stay out of Syrian affairs. We condemn foreign intervention, sectarianism, and anyone allowing foreign intervention in Syria. We are Syrians and we can solve our own problems. This Israeli bombardment strengthens and encourages the idea of dividing Syria. Israel says Friday strike and others it carried out earlier in the week are a message to Syria’s Islamist leadership. Let no harm come to the country’s Drews minority. It’s after days of clashes between Drews and progovernment gunmen left more than 100 people dead. But the latest Israeli strike came after Drew’s community leaders and government officials met to ease tensions, with one Drews leader saying they did not need Israel’s protection. Syrian security forces insist they’re the ones best placed to protect minorities in the country. Despite the challenges, the foreign threats, the Israeli planes, we are present and nothing can prevent us from protecting our people or carrying out our duty towards them. As this unit began patrolling a village in Sueda province on Friday, members of the Drews community returned to looted homes after earlier fleeing the violence. Some residents expressed skepticism about Israel’s intervention. What good have Israeli threats done us? The Israelis on their own. Those who are close to us are better than those who are far away. But the outbreaks of sectarian violence have sown fear among religious and ethnic minorities in the new Syria under a government dominated by Islamists.
Israel launched more than 20 air strikes inside Syria late Friday, a war monitor said, following up an attack near the presidential palace in Damascus which was condemned as a “dangerous escalation” by the country’s Islamist rulers. The strikes came amid Israeli warnings to the Damascus government not to harm the Druze minority, following recent sectarian clashes.
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36 comments
So Syria is antisemitic 😮😮😮
Even the palace is antisemitic 😮😮😮
Even the cars and buildings became antisemitic 😂😂😂
Israel says: Hands off the Druze!
Why is Israel interested in escalating the war in the middle east?
No one wants “lsrheIi” protection!
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Bye bye to the bad guys on this planet
israel are illegtimate son of west
israel have space on earth
Alwaitie & Christian massacres in March – April.
Now in May Druze Massacre.!!!!
UN, US, Russia, Israel should send Troops into Syria to Protect Religious Minorities from Al Nusra (Alias HTS the Current President of Syria). This so called President was once part of ISIS!!!
Sunni muslims in syria wants minorities dead. Solve what problem syria don't belong to them alone, it belongs to minorities. Israel will help druze like it or not drink it like a hot cup off coffee
"Israel commits terrorist attacks on sovereign country"
Netanyahu making friends as always. Syria, Lebanon, Yemen and West bank have nothing to do with Oct 7th.
How can you solve your problem even when time in Assad regimen that long decade ago Syria must divided into many state that a sulotion to become peace
syria is roman
Yes Syrians can protect themselves but where were they when the Alwites were being murdered
They Syrians are justifying Israeli
my goldfish says
"Boycott "chosen" , trolls, hasbara bots and US!"
Stay on the right and human side of history!!
it's about landgrabbing and colonization. not about helping Druze nor "self defence"
WHAT A MESS!
UMMAH ENJOYS ALL THIS!😂😂😂😂😂
Druiize should be expelled
Islam destroys whole world 😥
That’s why US EU and UK denied Assad regime with numerous propaganda
You idiots Syriana accross the ountry everywhere Rember Israel will grab your land just like Palestinie stay united
after the fall of assad israel destroyed most of syria's are defences. So now syria is totally naked. A bunch of Central Asian Jihadists in trucks shouting slogans no match for F16s. Sorry.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if the Israelis cared about all people and fought so no harm would come to any of them? But a Lebanese or Syrian isn't worth protecting and saving unless they are a special and protected minority who also happens to be fighting for The special and protected minority- is this correct?
As usual Israel comes to clean up Arab mess while Europeans whining and faking concern!
bashar should've stayed maybe 😂😂
100s dead , houses looted . But talkin' about foreign intervention?
Syria escalated by attacking druze.
Syrian government chose war over peace
isreal is liberation middle east all alone.
Asad would not allow this
What about turkey in Syria why Turkey go to Syria ?for what ?take over Syria Israel won’t allow that thanks god for that
Israel just wants to kill more innocent people, Syrians have nothing to do with israel.
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