Israel strikes in Damascus as clashes in Syria rage on
After the ceasefire between the government forces and the Draze armed groups collapsed and threatened to increase their participation by saying that Israel supports the Drze religious minority, the clashes were angry at Sweida, the city of Southern Syria.
Meanwhile, the Israeli army said it was approaching the entrance of the Syrian Defense Ministry in Damascus.
Since the conflicts broke out and increased the forces at the border, Israel has launched air strikes on the convoys of government forces in Southern Syria.
The Syrian Defense Ministry of Defense accused the militias in Sweida for violating the ceasefire agreement on Tuesday, and the Syrian army troops caused the Drze-Majority to return to the fire and continued military operations.
“Military forces continue to respond to the source of fire in Sweida city, protecting the inhabitants, prevent damage and ensure the safe return of those who leave the city back to the rules of participation.” He said.
A rebel attack, led by Islamist rebel groups, overthrew Syria’s despotic leader Bashar al -Assad in December and ended a 14 -year civil war.
Since then, the new rulers of the country have fought to reinforce control over the land.
First of all, Sunni Muslim leaders faced suspicion of religious and ethnic minorities.
After the clashes between government forces and pro -Assad armed groups, the fears of the minorities turned into sectarian revenge attacks in which hundreds of civilians were killed from the Alevi religious minority of Assad.
The latest rise in Syria began with the tat -out and attacks between Drazy armed groups in the Southern state, which is a center of the local Sunni Bedouin tribes and the Drze community.
While the government forces intervened to restore the order clashed with Draze, the members of the security forces who made unjustified murders, plunder and burned civilian houses appeared.
Since Monday, when the Syrian Ministry of Interior said that 30 people were killed, an official injured figure has not been published.
The UK -based war monitor Syrian Human Rights Observatory said that more than 250 people were killed, including four children, five women and 138 soldiers and security forces on Wednesday morning.
Observatory, “field executions” at least 21 people were killed, he said.
The Drze religious sect began as a branch of Islam in the 10th century, a branch of Shiite Islam.
More than half of about one million Drze worldwide is living in Syria. Most of the other Duze live in Lebanon and Israel, including Golan Heights, who were arrested from Syria during the 1967 Middle East War and annexed in 1981.
In Israel, the drouper is seen as a loyal minority and usually serves in the army.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel has a commitment to protecting the southwest region of Syria as a gloomy area on the Israeli border “and” the obligation to protect the natives of Duze “.
Israel has exhibited an aggressive attitude towards Syria’s new leaders since the fall of Assad, and said he did not want to close the borders of Islamist militants.
