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Israel launches airstrikes close to Syria’s presidential palace

By Editorial Board Published May 2, 2025 3 Min Read
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Israel launches airstrikes close to Syria’s presidential palace

Israel has carried out airstrikes near the presidential palace within the Syrian capital Damascus on Thursday evening. 

It’s the second time in a matter of days that Israeli planes have struck Syria and the nation’s prime minister and defence minister mentioned it was a warning to the Syrian regime following clashes in latest days with the minority Druze neighborhood south of the town.

“This is a message to the Syrian regime,” mentioned Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel Katz in a joint assertion. “We will not allow a movement of forces south of Damascus and any danger to the Druze community.”

Israel has not revealed what it focused, and the Syrian authorities is but to remark following the strikes.

Clashes have erupted between regime forces, Islamist factions, and Druze militants in Syria over the previous few days, underscoring the fragility of the comparatively new governing regime in Damascus. Dozens have been reported killed.

Nonetheless, an settlement introduced on Thursday evening between some Druze leaders and the regime is giving hope that some calm will be restored, and senior members of the Syrian Druze neighborhood have expressed a willingness to cooperate with the Syrian regime, one thing they’d beforehand been reluctant to do.

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Syrian safety forces within the Druze city of Sahnaya on Thursday. Pic: Reuters

Israel’s international minister referred to as on the worldwide neighborhood to guard the minority Druze in Syria on Thursday, and roads have been blocked in northern Israel by Druze protesters calling on the Israeli authorities to intervene.

The Druze are a small secretive sect with connections to Islam with teams in Lebanon, Syria, and Israel. It is due to this hyperlink with Israel that the nation’s authorities says it has cause to intervene.

Syria's President Ahmed al Sharaa

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Syria’s President Ahmed al Sharaa

Syria’s President Ahmed al Sharaa, who was an al Qaeda commander, has promised to unite Syria, however there have been repeated outbreaks of sectarian violence, threatening the nation’s stability and calling into query whether or not the brand new authorities is inclusive.

Israel has carried out nearly 800 strikes in Syria and a whole bunch of floor incursions because the fall of Bashar al-Assad final December, and Israel Defence Forces troops stay in a brand new ‘buffer-zone’ extending out from the occupied Golan Heights.

Israel has repeatedly provided to guard the Druze neighborhood in Syria, a lot of whom dwell in villages near the Israeli border. This week, two Druze members have been evacuated to Israel for medical therapy.

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