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Whereas Syrians have been celebrating Assad’s ouster, the Israeli army stated it had performed lots of of strikes on Syria over the previous two days.
Pedersen, the UN particular envoy, known as on Israel to cease.
“We’re persevering with to see Israeli actions and bombardments into Syrian territory. This must cease,” he stated.
However Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Syria’s new rulers that he would reply “forcefully” if they permit “Iran to re-establish itself in Syria, or permits the switch of Iranian weapons or some other weapons to Hezbollah”.
Lebanon’s Hezbollah in the meantime stated it hoped that Syria’s new rulers would “take a agency stand towards Israeli occupation, whereas stopping international interference in its affairs”.
The Britain-based Observatory stated Israeli strikes had “destroyed an important army websites in Syria”.
The monitor stated the strikes focused weapons depots, naval vessels and a analysis centre that Western governments suspected of getting hyperlinks to chemical weapons manufacturing.
Israel, which borders Syria, additionally despatched troops into the UN-patrolled buffer zone east of the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights.
The UN official in New York instructed AFP late on Tuesday that Israeli forces have been occupying seven places within the buffer zone.
Israel backer america stated the incursion should be “short-term”, after the United Nations stated Israel was violating the 1974 armistice.
The Israeli defence minister stated the army had orders to “set up a sterile defence zone freed from weapons and terrorist threats in southern Syria, and not using a everlasting Israeli presence”.
Preventing additionally continued within the north of the nation, the place battles between Turkish-backed and Kurdish-led forces left 218 folks lifeless over the past three days, based on the Observatory.
