The European Foreign Ministry asks that extremists, Moscow and Tehran have no place in the future of Damascus
▲ Residents loot the housing complex of Bashar al Assad’s army, yesterday in Damascus.Photo Afp
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La Jornada Newspaper
Tuesday, December 17, 2024, p. 22
Washington. The Israeli air force intensified its bombing raids against the coast of Syria in recent hours, while the United States launched an offensive against suspected positions of the Islamic States (IS).
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH) reported that explosions were heard on Sunday night in the city of Tartus, where a Russian naval base is located, due to successive attacks of the Israeli aviation, DW reported on its website.
With no casualties reported, for now, the OSDH announced another attack on a military missile installation near Zama, a town located 83 kilometers northwest of Tartus, including against an armory in the rural region.
Meanwhile, US forces eliminated 12 suspected IS elements in Syria in a precision offensive, the US Central Command reported with the intention disrupt, degrade and defeat IS, preventing the terrorist group from conducting external operations and ensuring that it does not seek opportunities to reconstitute itself in central Syriahe said The Jerusalem Post.
The president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, assured that Türkiye carried out an unfriendly takeover of Syria, after Islamist militants, some supported by Ankara, overthrew the government of Bashar al Assad.
I think Türkiye is very smart and carried out a procedure without many lives being lost. I can say that Al Assad was a butcherthe magnate declared to journalists in Florida.
Syria’s Kurds, who are fought by Turkey and control an area in the northeast on the eastern bank of the Euphrates, called for a complete cessation of fighting and reached out to the new government.
The Kurdish administration also reiterated its commitment to continue the fight against IS in coordination with the international coalition and the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
We believe that cooperation between the autonomous administration in northeastern Syria and the political leadership in Damascus will benefit all Syrians. And it will help us overcome this difficult period and end it successfully.concluded the text.
The head of Foreign Policy of the European Union (EU), Kaja Kallas, after meeting with European Foreign Ministers, declared that extremism, Russia and Iran must have no place in the future of Syria.
many ministers underline that the elimination of Russian influence in Syria should be a condition for the new leadersKallas declared.
The special envoy of the United Nations for Syria, Geir Pedersen, reiterated to the interim authorities that it is necessary a credible and inclusive political transitionon his trip to Damascus to meet with the new transitional prime minister, Mohamed al Bashir, and the leader of the pro-Turkish Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS), Abu Moha-mmed al Jolani, whose real name is Ahmed al Sharaa.
For his part, Saeed Abu Ali, deputy secretary general of the Arab League, condemned the systematic Israeli attacks against Syria.