The presidency accuses the Druzes of Soueïda fighters of raping the ceasefire by engaging in “horrible violence”

The Syrian city with a majority of Soueïda druze has its dead after the withdrawal of government troops, decided by interim president Ahmad al-Charaa to avoid one according to him “War open” with Israel.

But the Syrian presidency accused the Druzes of Soueïda on Thursday of raping the ceasefire.

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She also warned against “The flagrant Israeli interference (which) continues in the internal affairs of Syria, which leads to more chaos and destruction and even more complicates the regional situation”.

Le Figaro takes stock of the situation.

The Syrian presidency accuses Druzes fighters of raping the ceasefire

The Syrian presidency accused the Druzes of Soueïda on Thursday of raping the ceasefire which led to the withdrawal of the government’s government forces in the south of the country.

In a declaration, the presidency accused the “Outlaw forces” – the term used by the government to designate the Druze factions of Soueïda – to violate the agreement by engaging in “Horrible violence” against civilians, including “Crimes that completely contravene mediation obligations, directly threaten civil peace and push for chaos and the collapse of security”.

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Israel threatened on Wednesday to intensify its strikes on Wednesday if the Syrian forces did not leave this province in southern Syria, where the fighting left nearly 600 dead according to an NGO. Thursday evening, the official Sana agency reported an Israeli raid near Soueida, the first since the Syrian withdrawal.

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The inhabitants of Soueïda discovered a victimized city. An AFP correspondent counted 15 corpses lying in the center. “It is as if Soueïda came out of a natural disaster or a flood”said Hanadi Obeid, a 39 -year -old doctor.

In front of the main hospital, families are looking for their loved ones in a climate of anger and fear. According to the UN Humanitarian Affairs Office (OCHA), “Nearly 2,000 families have been moved” Due to violence across the province, which broke out on Sunday between Sunni Bedouin tribes and Druze fighters.

A ceasefire obtained “by force”, according to Benyamin Netanyahu

This climbing more shares the power of Charaa, who overthrew, at the head of a coalition of Islamist rebel groups President Bashar al-Assad in December, in a country bruised by almost 14 years of civil war.

Members of government forces said they had been ordered to withdraw from the Soueida province shortly before midnight on Wednesday and that they had completed their withdrawal at dawn. In a television speech at night, Ahmad al-Charaa announced the transfer “To local groups” and Druzes religious dignitaries of the responsibility for maintaining security in Soueida.

“We have given priority to the interest of Syrians rather than chaos and destruction”he said, saying that she wanted to avoid “An open war” with Israel, whose intervention he condemned. Wednesday, Israel bombed several targets in the heart of Damascus including the army HQ, killed three according to the authorities. Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu said Thursday that the ceasefire had been obtained “by force”.

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Washington “did not support recent Israeli strikes”, according to the US State Department

Ahmad Al-Charaa A Souligné Que “The effective intervention of American, Arab and Turkish mediation, has saved the region from an unknown fate”. The United States, allies of Israel and which displayed its support for the new Syrian leader despite its jihadist past, had announced an agreement on Wednesday to restore calm in Syria.

The State Department, Tammy Bruce, had at the same time called the Syrian power to withdraw from the conflict zone in order to appease tensions with Israel. Washington “Did not support recent Israeli strikes”said this last Thursday. The White House stood the role of the United States in the de-escalation, which “Seems to continue”.

The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Emirates, Jordan, Bahrain, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon and Egypt said in a joint press release their “The firmest condemnation and their categorical rejection of repeated Israeli attacks on Syria which are a manifest violation of international law and a flagrant attack against Syrian sovereignty”.

The balance sheet increases at 594 dead, including 300 druze of Soueida

According to the OSDH, violence left 594 dead: 300 druze of Soueida, including 154 civilians including 83 “Compared briefly by members (under the forces) of the Ministries of Defense and the Interior”. The fighting also cost the life of 257 members of the government and 18 Sunni Bedouin fighters, in addition to three tribes members “Summarily executed by Druzes fighters”according to this source.

According to Ahmad al-Charaa, the authors of abuses against “Our Druze people, who are under the protection and responsibility of the State”, “Will report”. He had made the same promise after the massacre of hundreds of members of the Alawite community, from which the Syrian president came in early March on the Syrian coast. But a commission of inquiry into these massacres has never rendered its conclusions.

Present mainly in Soueïda, the Druze community in Syria had some 700,000 people before the civil war. This esoteric minority from a branch of Islam is also located in Lebanon and Israel.