US EditionReporter Flees as Israeli Missiles Strike Right Behind Her in Syria
SWEIDA, SYRIA, JUL 16 – Israeli strikes target Syrian military to prevent government forces from consolidating near the Druze-majority Sweida amid over 300 deaths in recent sectarian clashes, monitors report.
- Starting Tuesday, the IDF deployed reinforcements, and Defense Minister Israel Katz warned of further escalation if Syrian forces do not withdraw.
- The clashes began after the kidnapping of a Druze vegetable merchant, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported, and government troops entered Sweida on Tuesday to oversee a truce.
- So far, 248 Druze have been killed since the violence began, and forces loyal to President Ahmed al-Sharaa entered Sweida for the first time since the Assad regime fell.
- Israel struck army headquarters in Damascus and pounded government troops in Sweida, warning its attacks will intensify until the government pulls back.
- Government troops told AFP they pulled out of Sweida at dawn after an order shortly before midnight, and military operations have come to a halt in the province.
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The Druze-majority town of Sueida in southern Syria counts its deaths on Thursday after the withdrawal of government troops, decided by interim president Ahmad al-Chareh to avoid an "open war" with Israel according to him.
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elDiarioARThe Syrian Army agrees to withdraw from the southern city of Sweida, with the mediation of the United States, after several days of sectarian violence and the Israeli bombing of the Ministry of Defense in Damascus Israel attacks military installations in Damascus after bombing southern Syria The Israeli bombing of the Ministry of Defense building in Damascus maximized on Wednesday the risk of a new open war in Syria.The south of the country was …
Israeli airstrikes on Syrian forces continue. The Israeli air force has targeted and destroyed armored vehicles and machine-gun-mounted pickup trucks heading towards the Druze-dominated city of Sweida.
Syria’s army began its retreat after days of battles that left dozens of civilians and fighters dead. Israel bombed military positions in Damascus, while the U.S. urged desiccalization and agreed to a ceasefire
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