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Wall Street Journal
6 days ago
- Politics
- Wall Street Journal
A Violent Week for the Syrian Experiment
The talk of Syria joining the Abraham Accords, common as recently as last week, now appears premature, to put it lightly. After regime forces committed atrocities against the Druze minority in southern Syria, Israeli jets bombed Syria's military headquarters in Damascus and struck near the presidential palace on Wednesday. This halts the momentum of Ahmed al-Sharaa's new Damascus regime, which seems to have miscalculated and failed to restrain its own forces. Israel will also need to be careful wading into Syria's sectarian conflict. It's one thing to prevent a massacre by bombing Syrian forces advancing on the Druze-majority province of Sweida, and another to make ostentatious strikes on the Syrian capital. The conflict in Sweida picked up with communal violence between Bedouins and Druze, a non-Muslim minority. Syria's Defense and Interior ministries took that as an opening to do what Israel has warned against: Deploying troops south of Damascus to bring the Druze to heel. After walking into an ambush by a Druze militia, Syrian forces escalated. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that 83 people were executed by regime forces, out of 597 dead on all sides over four days. Looting and destruction were widespread, and videos circulated of soldiers humiliating Druze men and clerics.
The National
16-07-2025
- Politics
- The National
Israeli army attacks Syrian army headquarters in Damascus
The Israeli army attacked the main Syrian army headquarters in Damascus on Wednesday, Israel said, in response to an escalating Syrian government attack on Sweida in southern Syria. The Israeli army struck the entrance of the Syrian regime's military headquarters in the area of Damascus in Syria, an Israeli statement said. 'The IDF continues to monitor developments and the regime's actions against Druze civilians in southern Syria. In accordance with directives from the political echelon, the IDF is striking in the area and remains prepared for various scenarios.'
Al Bawaba
16-07-2025
- Politics
- Al Bawaba
Israeli army strikes Syrian military sites in Damascus
Published July 16th, 2025 - 09:30 GMT ALBAWABA - Syrian sources revealed that massive explosions occurred near the Ministry of Defense headquarters in Damascus, Syria, SANA news agency reported on Wednesday. In addition, the Israeli army announced that its Air Force struck the entrance to the General Staff headquarters of the Syrian regime in the Syrian capital, Damascus. Israeli Broadcasting Authority, citing a security source, said that the army attacked Damascus, and this is a message directed to the regime regarding the events in Sweida. Israeli media revealed that the army attacked the entrance to the Syrian regime's military headquarters complex in Damascus. © 2000 - 2025 Al Bawaba (
LBCI
15-07-2025
- Politics
- LBCI
Israel military claims striking Syrian government forces in Sweida
Israel's military claimed it was striking military vehicles belonging to government forces in the Sweida area of southern Syria after Syrian state media reported a new strike on the Druze-majority city. "A short while ago, the (Israeli army) began striking military vehicles belonging to Syrian regime forces in the area of Sweida in southern Syria," a military statement said, shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz said they had ordered the army to "immediately strike regime forces and weaponry that were brought into the Sweida region in the Druze mountains in Syria to carry out operations against the Druze." AFP
