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A Propos - 'What Israel Is Doing Is a Clear Signal to Damascus Against Consolidating Power in the South'

DAMASCUS AND SUWEIDA, SYRIA, JUL 16 – Israeli airstrikes killed at least 20 Syrian security forces in Damascus and Suweida to counter sectarian violence between Druze and Bedouin militias, escalating regional tensions.

Summary by France24
FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks to Nanar Hawach, senior analyst for Syria at the International Crisis Group, about the sectarian violence in Syria and the Israeli airstrikes on Damascus. He says that 'what Israel is doing is a clear signal to Syrian authorities against consolidating power in the south' and is a message to Syrian minority groups that 'their only leverage is the weapons they have'.

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France24 broke the news in France on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
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