Syria believed it had green light from US, Israel to deploy troops to Sweida
- Syria's government misjudged U.S. messaging, believing it had approval to deploy troops in southern Syria.
- A State Department spokesperson stated that the U.S. supports the territorial unity of Syria, without commenting on specific discussions.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed Israel intervened to prevent Syrian troops from entering a designated demilitarized zone.
- A Syrian military official indicated that communications with the U.S. led to the belief that deployment would go unchallenged by Israel.
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Syria erroneously thought it had green light from US, Israel to deploy troops to Sweida
Despite months of Israeli warnings not to send forces south, Syrian officials correspondence with US led Damascus to believe it could deploy without prompting confrontation with IDF
Syria believed it had green light from US, Israel to deploy troops to Sweida
Syria's government misread how Israel would respond to its troops deploying to the country's south this week, encouraged by U.S. messaging that Syria should be governed as a centralized state, eight sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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