Tel Aviv will maintain forces in occupied territory as long as necessarywarns Nathanyahu
▲ The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu (left), yesterday visited his country’s troops deployed in what he calls containment zonein Syrian territory.Photo Ap
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La Jornada Newspaper
Wednesday, December 18, 2024, p. 22
Damascus. The head of the coalition that took power in Syria, Ahmed al Sharaa, announced yesterday that militia groups will be dissolved and its combatants integrated into the army of the new power; Likewise, he demanded before British diplomats the lifting of international sanctions against the Arab country.
After almost 50 years of rule by the Al Assad clan, the new authorities face the challenge of unifying a country torn by 13 years of war and reassuring the international community, which is beginning to establish contact with its leaders.
Al Sharaa met with representatives of the United Kingdom the day before yesterday and yesterday spoke with the first French diplomatic mission sent to Damascus in 12 years.
Al Sharaa assured through the Telegram channel of the coalition led by the pro-Turkish group Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS) that the groups fighting in Syria They will be dissolved and the combatants prepared to join different ranks of the Ministry of Defense, and all will be under the law.
When receiving British diplomats, he defended the need to lift all sanctions imposed on Syria to allow refugees to return to their country.
Meanwhile, the director of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Amy Pope, announced that the United Nations (UN) agency advises against the large-scale return of refugees to Syria before the situation has stabilized. , given that the system cannot support this influx. According to UN calculations, one million Syrian refugees could return to their country between January and June 2025, after the overthrow of Al Assad.
Meanwhile, in the first time a serving Israeli prime minister has entered Syria, Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz visited troops in occupied Syrian territory. From the top of Mount Hermon, in Syria, Netanyahu assured that the presence of Israeli troops will continue in a demilitarized containment zone on the Syrian border, and on Mount Hermon, as long as necessary and until another solution is found that guarantees Israel’s security.
Tel Aviv seized a strip of southern Syria on the border with the Golan Heights, annexed by Israel, and called it a containment zone, days after Syrian President Bashar al Assad was overthrown by rebels, the last day 8. The designation of this containment zone by Israel has provoked condemnations; Critics accuse Tel Aviv of violating the 1974 ceasefire and even taking advantage of the chaos in Syria to seize land.
Meanwhile, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, stated that Israel seeks surround to Hezbollah from syriagiven the military advances of the Israeli army in Syrian territory.
Khamenei stated that the haters are deeply wrong If you think that the situation in the Middle East means the end of resistance.
Finally, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned that his country will not allow the Kurds and the Islamic State to carry out activities in Syria.