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Israel challenges Syria's new leaders with demand for demilitarisation of south [View all]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has demanded the complete demilitarisation of much of southern Syria.
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In a speech to Israeli military cadets on Sunday, Netanyahu said that Israel would not allow the forces of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) - the Islamist group that led the overthrow of Assad - nor the new Syrian army that is being formed to "enter the area south of Damascus".
"We demand the complete demilitarisation of southern Syria in the provinces of Quneitra, Deraa and Suweida from the forces of the new regime," he added. "Likewise, we will not tolerate any threat to the Druze community in southern Syria."
He also said that Israeli forces would remain indefinitely inside the Syrian territory that they have seized since Assad's fall last December - which would be a shift in Israeli strategy.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgenz02lp8o
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In a speech to Israeli military cadets on Sunday, Netanyahu said that Israel would not allow the forces of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) - the Islamist group that led the overthrow of Assad - nor the new Syrian army that is being formed to "enter the area south of Damascus".
"We demand the complete demilitarisation of southern Syria in the provinces of Quneitra, Deraa and Suweida from the forces of the new regime," he added. "Likewise, we will not tolerate any threat to the Druze community in southern Syria."
He also said that Israeli forces would remain indefinitely inside the Syrian territory that they have seized since Assad's fall last December - which would be a shift in Israeli strategy.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgenz02lp8o
Seizing territory, demanding a neighbour demilitarize a significant part of their own country - is it any wonder that Israel voted with Russia on the UN resolution about Russia's invasion of Ukraine?
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