Israel Helps Militants in S Syria Create Buffer Zone in Golan Heights – Analyst
Israel is frustrated over the failure of its plan to set up a buffer zone near the occupied Golan Heights, a Lebanese political analyst has told Sputnik.
Israel is frustrated over the failure of its plan to set up a buffer zone near the occupied Golan Heights, a Lebanese political analyst has told Sputnik.
The Syrian Army keep advancing on the opposition-held areas of Daraa province, gaining more ground, defeating the rebel groups.
Relations between Israel and Syria have been strained recently, with Tel Aviv pledging a “harsh response” to any Syrian military operations in the demilitarized zone of the Golan Heights.
The US-led coalition’s military intervention in Syria is under increasing levels of scrutiny, with critics arguing that the coalition has no mandate to conduct military operations in the Arab Republic as it doesn’t have Damascus’ approval to do so.
Late last week, the Russian Reconciliation Center for Syria announced that the leaders of armed groups in southern Daraa province had agreed to surrender weapons and halt hostilities amid the Syrian Army’s ongoing offensive in the area. Daraa is part of a de-escalation zone agreed upon by Russia, the US and Jordan in July.
The Syrian government forces keep advancing in multiple axis across the Daraa province, liberating new area in southeastern the city.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in an interview on Tuesday that Russia has violated an agreement reached with the United States on a de-escalation zone in southern Syria.
Armed groups in Bosra al-Cham city in the eastern countryside of Daraa province continued to hand over their heavy weapons to the Syrian Arab Army as per the agreement reached on Friday.
The Syrian army repelled on Monday night a terrorist attack on a settlement in the country’s western Latakia province, a Syrian military source told Sputnik.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says his top priority is the reconstruction of his country, which has been gripped by foreign-backed militancy since March 2011.