Syria would be too “exhausted” for a conflict with Israel

Lhe leader of the Islamist rebels in Syria, Abu Mouhammad al-Jolani, affirms: his country is currently too “exhausted” by the war to engage in a new conflict. Israeli troops entered the buffer zone with Syria just after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime on December 8. The UN denounced a “violation” of the 1974 disengagement agreement between Syria and Israel.

“The Israelis have clearly crossed the lines of engagement in Syria, which threatens an unjustified escalation in the region,” said Abu Mouhammad al-Jolani, in comments reported by the Telegram channel of the coalition led by the group. radical Sunni Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).

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Jolani, who now goes by his real name, Ahmad al-Chareh, added, however, that “Syria’s state of exhaustion after years of war and conflict does not allow us to enter into new conflicts.” .

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Triggered in 2011 by the repression of pro-democracy demonstrations, the war in Syria has left more than half a million dead, forced some six million Syrians to flee, and fragmented and devastated the country.

Since the fall of Assad, Israel has intensified its strikes on its neighbor, particularly targeting military sites in Damascus and across the country.