An aerial view shows a bridge, destroyed in an Israeli airstrike, in the town of in Qusayr in Syria’s central Homs province on December 14, 2024. Agence France-Presse
DAMASCUS — The leader of the Islamist-led rebels who seized power in Damascus criticized Israel on Saturday for its incursion into southern Syria this week but said his country was too exhausted for fresh conflict.
Israeli troops entered the UN-patrolled buffer zone that separated Israeli and Syrian forces on the Golan Heights last weekend in a move the United Nations said violated the 1974 armistice agreement.
Article continues after this advertisement“The Israelis have clearly crossed the disengagement line in Syria, which threatens a new unjustified escalation in the region,” said the leader of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group, Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, who is now using his real name Ahmed al-Sharaa.
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But he added in a statement on the rebels’ Telegram channel that “the general exhaustion in Syria after years of war and conflict does not allow us to enter new conflicts.”
Article continues after this advertisementIsrael, which has occupied most of the strategic plateau since 1974, said it acted in self-defense in the face of the political uncertainty in its northeastern neighbor.
Article continues after this advertisementSince the overthrow of president Bashar al-Assad by HTS-led forces on Sunday, Israel has also carried out hundreds of air strikes on Syrian military assets, according to a war monitor.
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