Israel’s “strategic weapons system” in Syria as the Kremlin says Putin authorized Assad to personally seek asylum
Israel said it had carried out airstrikes against “appropriate weapons systems” inside Syria and that the ground forces’ operations on Syrian territory were of a “limited, temporary” level, as the Kremlin said it was granting Vladimir Putin’s personal advice. Bashar al-Assad asylum there.
Speaking in Jerusalem, the foreign minister of Israel Gideon Saar He said “the only thing we care about is the security of Israel and its citizens… that’s why we have attacked strategic weapons systems, such as the remaining chemical weapons, or long-range missiles and rockets, so that they do not fall into the hands of extremists.”
Earlier, the Israeli military released photos of IDF soldiers operating in the region Mount Hermonwhich is to the north and east of the sun Golan HeightsThe controversy over Israel’s borders of Syria in 1967 and annexed in 1981.
Moscow, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov He said the Russian president plans to grant asylum to Assad and his family, but nothing has happened yet for the two plans.
The Syrian embassy in the Russian capital was seen flying the three-starred flag of opposition to the Assad regime.
Senior officials a Iran Reuters reported that the country had opened direct communications with the leaders who ousted Assad, saying “the fight is key to stabilizing ties and avoiding further regional tensions.”
A senior minister in the UK has told the country that it may reconsider the status of outlawed terrorists Hayat Tahrir al-Shaman Islamist rebel group that had taken control of Damascus. The UK government announced it in 2017 as an alternative to al-Qaida.
Acting French foreign minister; John-Noel BarrotHe said he would quickly send a special diplomatic envoy to Damascus.
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Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said his country would work to bring refugees back to Syria after the incident. Bashar al-Assad government
Reuters quotes Fidan, speaking in Ankara, as saying:
In the coming season, we long for a Syria where different ethnic and religious groups live in an inclusive government of understanding and peace. We want to see a new Syria that has relations with its neighbors that adds peace and stability to its region. We will work to ensure a safe and voluntary return to Syria and the reconstruction of the country.
Turkey supports the Syrian rebel militia known as the Syrian National Army and has a long-running conflict with Kurdish separatist forces in the northeast. of Syria. Turkish officials have strongly rejected claims of any involvement in the recent offensive that led to the ouster of Assad.
By his regular means of short mornings, as has been said Vladimir Putin who had approved the asylum Bashar al-Assad in Russia, the Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov He was also asked about the continued presence of Russian military aid inside Syria.
Peskov said it was “premature” to talk about the future of the bases Khmeimim and in Tartu. Tass reported that Peskov said he was “going to discuss with those who will lead” of Syria.
Israel’s “strategic weapons system” in Syria as the Kremlin says Putin authorized Assad to personally seek asylum
Israel said it had carried out airstrikes against “appropriate weapons systems” inside Syria and that the ground forces’ operations on Syrian territory were of a “limited, temporary” level, as the Kremlin said it was granting Vladimir Putin’s personal advice. Bashar al-Assad asylum there.
Speaking in Jerusalem, the foreign minister of Israel Gideon Saar He said “the only thing we care about is the security of Israel and its citizens… that’s why we have attacked strategic weapons systems, such as the remaining chemical weapons, or long-range missiles and rockets, so that they do not fall into the hands of extremists.”
Earlier, the Israeli military released photos of IDF soldiers operating in the region Mount Hermonwhich is to the north and east of the sun Golan HeightsThe controversy over Israel’s borders of Syria in 1967 and annexed in 1981.
Moscow, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov He said the Russian president plans to grant asylum to Assad and his family, but nothing has happened yet for the two plans.
The Syrian embassy in the Russian capital was seen flying the three-starred flag of opposition to the Assad regime.
Senior officials a Iran Reuters reported that the country had opened direct communications with the leaders who ousted Assad, saying “the fight is key to stabilizing ties and avoiding further regional tensions.”
A senior minister in the UK has told the country that it may reconsider the status of outlawed terrorists Hayat Tahrir al-Shaman Islamist rebel group that had taken control of Damascus. The UK government announced it in 2017 as an alternative to al-Qaida.
Acting Foreign Minister of France; John-Noel BarrotHe said he would quickly send a special diplomatic envoy to Damascus.
Iran has opened a direct line of communication with the new Syrian leadership, a senior Iranian official told Reuters in an effort to “prevent a hostile trajectory” between the countries.
“This engagement is key to stabilizing ties and avoiding further regional tensions,” a news agency official said he was told.
of SyriaEmbassy in Moscow flying in the three-star flag is against started Bashar al-Assadin the fall of the government.
Yavnewhich is on the southern coast of Israel, to the north of Azot and the Gaza Strip, was almost hit by drones.
In a statement, Israel’s military initially said “reports were received of a suspicious aerial target that fell in the Yavne area. No sirens sounded.”
He later added, through his official Telegram channel, that “a UAV” was born on the border of Yavne, Yemen. As of now, no injuries have been reported.
The IDF said the situation was being investigated.
This picture, posted on the news wires, shows people who in Turkey to enter of Syria on Monday morning.
Israel’s foreign minister: strikes inside Syria for strategic weapons systems.
In a press briefing in Jerusalem, Israel‘s foreign minister Gideon Saar He described the invasion of his country of Syria as a “limited, temporary level” and said the airstrikes carried out by the IDF are “strategic weapons systems”.
Israel seized the Golan Heights from Syria in 1967 and unilaterally annexed them in 1981. Earlier today, photographs were released of Israeli IDF soldiers operating further inside Syrian territory, in the region of Mount Hermon.
The Times of Israel reports that Saar said that the Israeli positions inside Syria were targeted by airstrikes, “the only interest we have is the security of Israel and its citizens … therefore” we attacked strategic weapons systems, such as, for example, the rest of the chemical weapons. or sometimes with missiles and missiles, so that they do not fall into the hands of extremists.
Reuters reports John-Noel Barrotwho continues as foreign minister of France while the country was a new governmentHe said on the radio that accident Bashar al-Assad government in * of Syria it was a massive disaster Russiaand said France He will soon send a special diplomatic envoy to Damascus.
The Palestinian news agency Wafa reports that one of its own volunteers and a photographer was injured in an attack by Israeli security forces in the village Al-WalajaChorus Bethlehemin the Israeli-occupied West Bank, when Israeli security forces were to demolish two Palestinian houses.
Lebanon‘s National News Agency reports the Israelis striking the vehicle in ” Bint Jbeil killed one man and wounded two soldiers of the army of the stone.
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Israeli media reports the minister of defense Israel Katz He ordered the Israeli soldiers to hit the targets inside of Syria including “surface-to-air weapons, air defense systems, surface-to-surface missiles, cruise missiles, long-range missiles, and coast-to-sea missiles.”
In a statement, the newly appointed minister said the military would create a “security zone free of heavy strategic weapons and terror infrastructure.”
Speaking on Sky News in the UK this morning, the senior minister Pat McFadden He suggested that the country, considering the situation, had changed Hayat Tahrir al-Shamwhich the UK currently designates as a proscribed terror group.
Reuters reports he told viewers, “We will discuss that. And I think it depends in part on what happens.
In May 2017, the British government announced Hayat Tahrir al-Sham as an alternative name for al-Qaida.