Israel ‘cynically’ exploiting tensions in Syria: Analyst
Israel’s intentions in Syria are an open question, says Rob Geist Pinfold, a lecturer in international security at King’s College London.
“We know that Netanyahu has previously said that Israel will act to defend ‘Druze brothers’ in Syria and any action against them is a red line,” Pinfold told Al Jazeera.
“And I don’t buy this, because hundreds of Druze were killed in the Syrian civil war for over a decade, and Israel did nothing to intervene there. So why is Israel suddenly showing the desire to protect the Druze?” Pinfold said, pointing at Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s statement this week that Israel won’t stop fighting until Syria is fragmented.
“So I think Israel is quite ruthlessly, and, quite frankly, cynically, exploiting the situation here, claiming it is a protector of the Druze when it has no record to show that it has done anything, not even lifted a finger to protect Syrian Druze.”
Same as Israel is using the hostages as an 'excuse' to carry on genocide in Gaza.
Israeli strike on Syrian capital outskirts kills security force member: Report
A source from the Syrian Interior Ministry told Reuters that an Israeli strike on the outskirts of the Syrian capital has killed one member of the country’s new security forces.
Israel said it had struck an “extremist group” preparing to attack members of the Arab Druze minority in Sahnaya, on the edge of Damascus.
But the Syrian Interior Ministry source disputed that claim and said Syrian security forces were looking to put an end to clashes in Sahnaya between armed groups operating outside state control.
Israel says three Syrian-Druze taken for treatment
The Israeli army said three Syrian-Druze were taken from Syria for medical treatment in Israel.
Israel carried out a strike in Syria claiming it targeted those who attacked members of the Druze community.
Syria’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement, without mentioning Israel, that it “categorically” rejected all forms of foreign intervention in its internal affairs.
