Syria: The Syrian President Al-Sharaa accuses Israel of sowing “chaos and destruction” in Sweida

The acting Syrian president Ahmad al-Sharaa accused Israel on Thursday of seeking to dive from Syria in chaos after a series of deadly strikes on Damascus and the Sweida region, with Druze. In a television statement, Al-Sharaa said that the Syrian state “will protect its citizens Druzes” and that it will “hold those who have taken part in violence.

These Israeli strikes, which notably targeted the Ministry of Defense and sites close to the presidential palace, mark an unprecedented escalation. Under the pretext of defending the Druze minority, Tel Aviv has targeted the infrastructure of a country already on my knees, stirring in internal tensions and divisions. “We refuse to be the puppets of foreign interests,” said Al-Sharaa.

On the ground, the fighting between Druzes and Bedouins left more than 350 dead in five days, according to the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights. Witnesses say that government forces, supposed to restore order, have actually joined the Bedouin militias against the Druzes. Images circulating on the networks show humiliating abuses: Druzes dignitaries forced to shave publicly, burned houses, trampled flags. Faced with this explosive situation, Israel does not play the protectors but the pyromaniacs. Encouraged by part of its own Druze community, the Israeli army multiplies incursions, aggravating an internal conflict under the guise of humanism. Behind the security varnish, it is a brutal political operation aimed at dislocating a little more Syria Post-Assad.

Al-Sharaa also denounced “the large-scale targeting of civil and governmental installations” by Israel, saying that this had “seriously aggravated the situation and precipitated the region towards a major escalation”. He added: “The Syrian people will not back down. If our dignity is threatened, we will be able to defend ourselves. An emergency meeting of the UN Security Council is scheduled for Thursday, while the United States, Turkey and several Arab countries have started mediation to avoid regional conflict extension. But on the ground, anger rumbles, and many fear that the worst is not yet to come.