In Syria, government forces withdraw from Souweida, a majority of Druze; A ceasefire “obtained by force,” says Benyamin Netanyahu

Syrian transition president Ahmed al-Charaa. Meanwhile, saying that he wanted to avoid a “War open” With Israel, his Troops of the city in Souweida’s majority of the city in the majority of the city.

The withdrawal of government forces took place after a ceasefire agreement proclaimed on Wednesday. Consequently, The latter was “Obtained by force. Moreover, Not by requests. Furthermore, not by supplications – by force “The Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu in a video broadcast by his office on Thursday.

Assuring wanting to defend the Druze. Therefore, Israel struck Damascus, the Syrian capital on Wednesday, as well as, for the third day in a row, Souweida. However, The Hebrew state affirms that it will not allow a military presence in the south of Syria. near its border, while it considers with distrust of the Syrian Islamist power.

“Bodies litter the streets” – Syria, government forces withdraw souweida,

During the night from Wednesday to Thursday. Ahmed al-Charaa announced the transfer “To local factions and sheikhs” Druzes of responsibility for maintaining security in Souweida, prey to community clashes since Sunday. In a television address. the syria, government forces withdraw souweida, head of state justified his decision by “The need to avoid sinking into a new large -scale war”.

According to the Agency France-Presse (AFP). the order to withdraw was received shortly before midnight, and the government forces completed their withdrawal from the city at dawn. “The city of Souweida seems empty of any presence of government forces”attested to AFP the editor -in -chief of the local site Suwayda 24Rayan Maarouf. adding that the situation was “Catastrophic, and bodies litter the streets”.

Thursday morning. an syria, government forces withdraw souweida, AFP photographer present on the spot counted 15 bodies lying in the center of Souweida. Government forces have been accused by NGOs. witnesses and Druzes of abuses during the violence that left more than 500 people since Sunday, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH). Among the victims. 79 Druzes fighters and 154 civilians from Souweida, including 83 people “Enforced by members of the Ministries of Defense and the Interior”.

The fighting that started on Sunday also cost the lives of 243 members of government forces. 18 Bedouin fighters, in addition to three members of Bedouin tribes “Summarily executed by Druzes fighters”according to the NGO. In addition, 15 members of government forces were killed in Israeli strikes.

Al-Charaa accuses Israel of having contributed to “climbing”

Clashes between Sunni Bedouin tribes. Druzes fighters, a minority from the Ismaelian branch of the Shiite current, broke syria, government forces withdraw souweida, out on Sunday in the province of Souweida following the removal of a Druze vegetable merchant. The Syrian government deployed forces on Tuesday in the region with the aim of restoring order. But the OSDH, witnesses and Druzes groups accused it of fighting the Druzes factions.

In his speech on Thursday, Ahmed al-Charaa accused Israel of having contributed to “Climbing” and praised on the contrary “The effective intervention of American, Arab and Turkish mediation, which saved the region from an unknown fate”. The Syrian president did not specify which Arab countries had intervened in mediation.

The spokesperson for the United States Department of State. Tammy Bruce, called on Wednesday the Syrian government to leave the conflict zone syria, government forces withdraw souweida, in the south of the country to appease tensions with Israel.