Syrian president warns Israel against attempts to drag Syria into war
'We, the people of Syria, know very well who is trying to drag us into war and who is working to divide us,' Sharaa said in a dawn speech broadcast on national television.
'We will not give them the opportunity to entangle our people in a war that serves only to fragment our homeland and sow destruction.'
Sharaa blamed Israel for exploiting instability in the wake of regime change, accusing it of targeting civilian infrastructure and seeking to derail reconstruction efforts.
An Israeli fighter aircraft fires a flare above the city of Sweida in Syria on Tuesday. Photo: AFP
'Power alone does not guarantee victory, and igniting a war is not the same as controlling its outcome,' he said. 'We are stronger than any attempt to tear us apart.'
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