Syrian president says Israel is ‘fighting ghosts’ and must abide by deconfliction accord
Syria demands Israel restore the 1974 disengagement agreement after over 1,000 air strikes and 400 incursions since Assad's fall, amid ongoing border clashes and territorial disputes.
- On Friday, Israeli occupation forces entered a Quneitra village, with six military vehicles reported in Saida al‑Hanout, the Syrian Arab News Agency said.
- Israel says the 1974 disengagement agreement is no longer valid, justifying its December 2024 crossing into the demilitarised buffer zone amid threats from Islamist groups close to Iran.
- The November 27 raid wounded six IDF soldiers and killed at least 13 Syrians, while Israel captured parts of Quneitra province and the Syrian side of Mount Hermon.
- Tom Barrack, US Ambassador to Turkey and Envoy to Syria, was in Damascus as direct talks failed and SANA condemned Israel’s earlier attack.
- Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister, and top officials visited the area on November 19, highlighting Israel’s focus on holding new positions near the Golan Heights.
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DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Syria’s interim president accused Israel on Saturday of fighting “ghosts” and seeking enemies after the war in Gaza.
Syrian president says Israel is ‘fighting ghosts’ and must abide by deconfliction accord
Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa has accused Israel of exporting crises to other countries and “fighting ghosts,” amid persistent incursions and air strikes by Israeli forces into southern Syria.
New Israeli incursion in southwest Syria’s Quneitra province
Israeli forces entered a village in the southern Syrian province of Quneitra on Friday, in the latest incursion in the area near the occupied Golan Hieghts. Six Israeli military vehicles entered the village of Saida al-Hanout, according to Syria’s state-run news agency SANA. An Israeli patrol had reached the entrance of the village of Al-Samdaniyeh a day earlier, while another patrol was seen along the Al-Mantara dam road. The Israeli army also …
Israel-Syria tensions continue after Israeli raid as White House urges ‘dialogue’
Tensions between Israel and Syria have continued in the wake of an Israeli raid in southern Syria on November 27. On December 4, Syria accused Israel of a new incursion into the Yarmouk Basin near the Golan. US President Donald Trump has called for a dialogue between Israel and Syria. The post Israel-Syria tensions continue after Israeli raid as White House urges ‘dialogue’ appeared first on FDD's Long War Journal.
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