US EditionIsrael Launches New Round of Strikes on Syria After Sectarian Clashes
SUWAYDA PROVINCE, SYRIA, JUL 15 – Israeli airstrikes targeted militant forces and tanks advancing toward Suwayda amid deadly clashes that killed at least 99 people, including Druze, Bedouin, and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham fighters.
- On Monday, Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes in Suwayda outskirts, targeting positions near al-Mazraa and Kanaker villages, Syrian media said.
- The conflict ignited clashes, rival groups seized vehicles, and a Druze youth was attacked, triggering violence, according to local sources told Anadolu.
- Casualty figures and military claims emerged, with at least 99 killed, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported, while the IDF said it hit several tanks moving toward Suwayda between al-Mazraa and Sami.
- In response, Syrian Defense Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra declared `we will respond only to fire from 'outlaws'`, while Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said `we will not allow harm to come to the Druze in Syria`.
- U.N. Deputy Special Envoy for Syria Najat Rochdi voiced `deep concern` and urged action after condemning Israeli attacks, while the United Nations said the strikes escalate violence.
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Syrian government forces and allied militia have committed summary executions and other abuses against civilians in the Druze majority city of Suweida, according to eyewitness testimony, as fierce clashes in the south of the country entered their third day. Clashes broke out between Bedouin tribes and Druze militia on Sunday, killing and injuring hundreds of people and prompting Damascus to deploy its security forces to the south. The Defence Mi…
Israeli aircraft launched airstrikes on the southern Syrian provinces of As-Suwayda and Daraa on Tuesday, following renewed clashes following a ceasefire declared following bloody clashes that have plagued the city since Sunday.
Israel launches strikes on Syrian city amid clashes to protect Druze community - The Tribune
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz said in a joint statement that they had instructed the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) to strike Syrian forces and weapons approaching Sweida 'following the attack on the Druze,' a day after Israel hit several Syrian tanks as a warning.
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