US EditionSyria Accuses Israel of Sowing Chaos in Druze-Majority Sweida
SYRIA, JUL 16 – Israeli Defense Forces launched over 100 missile strikes to deter Syrian regime forces accused of massacres against the Druze minority amid escalating clashes in southern Syria.
- On Tuesday, Israeli forces intervened militarily to protect the Druze minority in Suwayda province, southern Syria.
- Following months without firm control, regime forces entered Suwayda, as the security vacuum since December 2024 led to Syrian forces deploying to reassert authority.
- Israeli Air Force sources said over 100 missiles struck Syrian army tanks and vehicles in Suwayda, following days of deadly clashes, according to Israeli military sources told Yedioth Ahronoth.
- In response to the strikes, UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the attacks and called for respect for Syria’s sovereignty, while Syria labeled them a violation of international law.
- Fears are rising that local clashes could spark a broader regional conflict, indicating escalating regional instability unless a regional de-escalation agreement is reached.
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der Standard DEThe US exerts its influence to end the fighting. Syrian government troops withdrew from the Druze stronghold Suwayda
The fighting ceased thanks mainly to the intervention of the American Secretary of State Rubio. The Syrian interim president has 'transferred' the responsibility of maintaining security to the Druze. And he has reiterated that he wants to avoid an 'open war' with Israel. Provisional balance of the fighting: 350 dead. Joumblatt: 'Israel has not protected, but only instruments'.
Syrian detente hopes dim as president accuses Israel of sowing 'chaos and destruction' with strikes - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The interim president of Syria, Ahmed al-Shaara, accused Israel on Thursday of attempting to sow “chaos and destruction” following the Israeli army’s intervention in his country’s sectarian violence. Much remains murky about the situation that has flared this week in the Sweida province of Syria. But it is clear that one result may be a retreat from the warming of relations between Israel and Syria that leaders of both countries were recently in…
Syrian Clashes Ease After Israeli Air Strikes in Damascus
Deadly sectarian clashes in Syria had seemingly eased on Thursday, after a ceasefire was announced between groups fighting in Suwayda and government forces started to withdraw from the Druze-majority southern province.
Israel carried out on Wednesday a series of powerful attacks on the Syrian capital, Damascus, intensifying a campaign that, it says, supports the country's Druze population, an Arab minority group involved in deadly clashes with Syrian government forces. The attacks, which according to Syria killed at least three people in its capital, caused U.S. officials to hasten to avoid further confrontation among neighbouring countries, and Syria agreed t…
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