Damascus, Syria – The Israeli army on Wednesday launched a rare air attack at the center of Damascus, hit the headquarters of the Syrian Ministry of Defense and a call from Trump administration for “The Fighting to Stop” was coming as clashes continued in the southern Syrian city of Swida. The same building was attacked by Israel a few hours after the drone strike. The Syrian state media reported the “number of casualties” without giving further details.
As between government forces and drew armed groups, clashes have increased for the days in the city of Sweda, the capital of the same name, Israel has launched a series of strikes targeting government soldiers and convoys, which says that it is in support of religious minority groups, and vow to run away with it.
It has also launched its forces along with Syria with its border.
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Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katj said after an airstrike in a post on X that “a painful explosion has started.”
Trump administration “very worried” on Israeli attacks in Syria
The Israeli strike has expressed concern in Washington, where the Trump administration has tried to help the new Syrian government to strengthen control and make a relationship with the international community in recent weeks.
The US lifted a wide range of sanctions against Syria at the end of June, and Treasury Secretary Scott Besant said the move aims to encourage investment in the country.
“Syria should also continue to work towards becoming a stable country which is in peace, and today’s actions will be placed on the path of a bright, prosperous and stable future,” Besant said at that time.
On Wednesday, US State Secretary Marco Rubio said the Trump administration “was very concerned about Israel’s attacks in Syria,” saying: “We are talking with all the parties with all the parties concerned. We want the fight to stop.”
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Rubio said a straightforward threat to the efforts to help in building a peaceful and stable Syria around the surroundings around Sweda, “Saying:” We have been repeatedly and constant conversations with Syria and Israel governments on the matter. “
A rebel aggressive led by Islamic rebel groups Syrian’s long -time autocratic leader, Bashar Assad removedIn December, he was sent to Russia to escape in exile and end the 14 -year civil war. Since then, the new rulers of the country have fought to strengthen control.
Mainly the Sunni Muslim government has faced doubts from the religious and ethnic minorities of Syria, for which the spirals in March became spiral in March after clashes between government forces and armed armed groups in March. Hundreds of citizens of Alvite religious minority, who are related to Assad, were killed.
The Syrian Ministry of Defense had earlier convicted a ceasefire agreement for blaming the militia in the drew-merit sector of Sweda, who had reached on Tuesday, which would withdraw the Syrian army soldiers. It said that they were “following the rules of engagement to protect the residents, prevent losses, and ensure safe return of people who left the city back to their homes.”
But the news of attacks on citizens remained on the surface, and the drews with family members in the struggle area made strict discovery for information about their fate amidst communication blackout.
Claims of government forces attacking drew citizens
In Jaramanna near the Syrian capital, 20 -year -old Evelyn Azam said she feared her husband, Robert Kiwan, 23, died. The newly married Damascus live in the suburb, but Kiwan will travel for Sweda every morning and got stuck there when the clashes were torn.
Azam said she was on a phone with Kiwan when the security forces questioned her and with a colleague about a colleague, were they associated with Drews Military. When her husband’s colleague raised her voice, she heard a gun bullet. Kiwan was then shot while trying to intervene.
“He shot my husband in the hip, which I could gather,” he said, struggling to catch the tears back. “The ambulance took him to the hospital. Since then, we do not know what has happened.”
A Syrian draus from Sweda, who lives in the United Arab Emirates, said her mother, father and sister were hiding in a basement in their house near the hospital, where they could hear the sounds of shelling and bullets from outside. He spoke on the condition of anonymity to his family for fear of being targeted.
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She was struggling to catch them, but when she reached her, she said, “I heard them crying. I never heard them before.”
Another draus woman living in UAE, who had also spoken on the condition of anonymity, said that a cousin told her that a house where her relatives lived, were burnt inside her.
He said that when ISIS extremists attacked Sweda in 2018, she reminded her. His uncle was among many citizens there, who took up arms to fight Asad’s armies from one side. He was killed in the fight.
“It’s the same,” he told the Associated Press. Drew fighters, he said, “There are only people who are protecting their province and their families.”
Who are the drozers, and why will Israel defend them?
Drews started as an offshoot of the 10th century of Ismailism, a branch of Dharm Religious Shia Islam. Syria has more than 1 million drains worldwide. Most of the other drews live in Lebanon and Israel, including Golan Heights, which Israel captured Syria in the Middle East War of 1967 and entered in 1981.
The latest growth in Syria began with a series of tight-for-cut kidnapping and attacks in the southern province, including local Sunni unemployed tribes and drew armed groups. Government forces intervened to reinstate the order, then collided with the draus.
Videos of the government-fighters came out on social media, forcibly shaved the mustache of the drew sheikhs, and stepped on the photographs of the drew flags and religious clerics. In other videos, Drews Fighters captured government forces and posed by their bodies. AP reporters in the area burnt and looted the houses.
No official casualties have been released since Monday, when the Syrian Interior Ministry said that 30 people were killed. The UK -based surveillance organization, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said more than 250 people were killed by Wednesday morning, including four children, five women and 138 soldiers and security forces.
The observatory stated that at least 21 people were killed in “field execution”.
Interim Chairman Ahmed Al-Shra issued a statement on Wednesday that condemned the violation.
The statement said, “These criminal and illegal tasks cannot be accepted under any circumstances, and fully contradicts the principles that are built on the Syrian state,” that the criminals said, “Will criminals said,” Will people outside the law be legally responsible, and we will never allow it to be without punishment. “
In Israel, the drozers are seen as a loyal minority and are often served in the army. In Syria, the drews are divided on how to treat the new leaders of the country, with advocating integrating into some new systems, while others remained suspicious and pushed to an autonomous drew area.
On Wednesday, Israeli Defense Minister Katj said in a statement that the Israeli army “will continue to attack the governance forces until they withdraw from the region – and soon they will also increase the strip of reactions against the government if the message is not understood.”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement on Tuesday night that Israeli has a commitment to preserve the south -western region of Syria as a dimilitated area on the Israeli border “and” Drews is a responsibility to protect the locals. “
MG Orri Gordin, who is the Commander of the Northern Command of the Israeli Army, stated that the IDF was “decisively” operating in the Sweda region, “the striking regime target in the region.”
“We are increasing the speed of pressure and attacks,” Gordin said. “We also carried out attacks in Damascus and will continue the strike in the entire southern Syria.”
Since the collapse of Assad, Israel has taken an aggressive stance to new Syrian leaders, saying that it does not want Islamic terrorists near its borders despite the US and other countries.
