After the fall of the Assad regime, Israeli troops occupied a buffer zone in the Golan Heights.
Syria’s de facto leader Ahmed al-Shara said on January 16 that his country is ready to accept UN forces in the buffer zone created by the UN with Israel. This was reported by Reuters on Thursday, January 16.
“Israel’s advance in the region is due to the presence of the militias of Iran and Hezbollah. After the liberation of Damascus, I believe there will be no more presence there. There are reasons that Israel is using now to advance in the regions of Syria, in the buffer zone,” he said.
Earlier, the leader of the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), Abu Mohammed al-Julani (also known as Ahmed al-Sharaa), who led the rebel offensive in Syria, criticized Israel for the its attack on Syrian territory.
As you know, after the Syrian armed opposition came to power, Israel carried out hundreds of strikes on military and other targets in Syria, citing the need to prevent possible future terrorist threats. In particular, the Syrian navy was destroyed.
And on December 8, Israeli ground forces for the first time since the October War of 1973 openly crossed into Syrian territory, crossing the demilitarized zone on the border. Israeli authorities called it a temporary measure.
Source: korrespondent
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