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Syrian President Al-Sharaa Accuses Israel of Sowing Division After Airstrikes
SYRIA, JUL 17 – Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa accused Israel of airstrikes targeting military and civilian sites to foment chaos, amid over 350 deaths in Druze clashes, officials said.
- On July 17, 2025, Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa condemned Israel in a televised address after Israeli airstrikes targeted Damascus and amid clashes in Sweida province.
- Al-Sharaa accused Israel of deliberately escalating violence to sow chaos and division while highlighting ongoing fighting between regime forces and Druze militias in Sweida.
- Following intense clashes and heavy casualties, al-Sharaa announced a ceasefire on Wednesday and entrusted local Druze leaders with security to prevent wider conflict.
- He emphasized that they would not allow anyone to involve them with outside forces, while highlighting that the conflict has resulted in over 350 fatalities, including 79 Druze fighters and 189 government personnel.
- The ceasefire and local leadership role indicate efforts to stabilize the region amid ongoing airstrikes, with mediation credited for averting broader war despite persistent tensions.
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After fierce fighting with Druze militias and an Israeli attack on Sweida and Damascus, Washington enforced a ceasefire on Thursday. Meanwhile, tensions between Israel and Syria are rising. Yet the West, including the United States, continues to cautiously flirt with the new regime in Damascus, led by former al-Qaeda leader Ahmed al-Sharaa.
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The ForwardSyrian detente hopes dim as president accuses Israel of sowing ‘chaos and destruction’ with strikes
“The Israeli entity resorted to a wide-scale targeting of civilian and government facilities,” Shaara said the situation was easing with the intervention of the US, Arab, and Turkish mediators.
Syrian President Ahmed al-Shara confirmed that the Israeli occupation sought to undermine the ceasefire, had it not been for the intervention of American, Arab and Turkish mediators. Al-Shara added that "the Israeli entity
Syria's interim president has said it is his "priority" to protect the country's Druze citizens, after Israel vowed to destroy government forces it accused of attacking members of the religious minority in the province of Suweida. In his first televised statement since Israeli airstrikes on Damascus on Wednesday, Ahmed al-Sharaa also warned that Syrians were not afraid of war, foreign media write, according to the Telegraph. Syrian state media r…
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