After the clashes between Syrian armed men and Druss fighters, The Air Force of Israel He attacked the vicinity of the Syrian presidential palace. It happened hours after warning the country’s authorities not to march to villages inhabited by members of the Drusa minority sect in southern Syria.
Through a statement, the Israel army reported that its airplanes attacked the area adjacent to the palace of President Hussein al-Sharaa in Damascus, although he did not specify more details. On the other hand, Syrian pro -government media pointed out that the attack occurred in the vicinity of the people’s palace in a hill overlooking the city.
This is Israel’s second attack to Syria this week. By bombarding an area near the presidential palace, it sends a strong warning to the new government, mainly composed of Islamist groups led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.
The clashes broke out on Monday after social networks an audio circulated in which a man could be heard criticizing the prophet Muhammad of Islamwhich enraged many Sunni Muslims. The recording was attributed to the cleric Druso Marwan Kiwan, who clarified in a video that he was not responsible.
The Ministry of Information of Syria reported that 11 members of the country’s security forces died in two separate attacks, while the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights, based in Britain, said that 56 people in Sahnaya and Jaramana – a suburb of Damascus of Majority Drusa – died in the clashes, including armed men and members of the local security forces.
Meanwhile, on Thursday, the spiritual leader Druso de Syria, the sheikh Hikmat Al-Hijrihe questioned the Syrian government for what he called an “unjustified genocidal attack” against the minority community.
The Drusa religious sect is a minority group that began as a branch of Ismailism in the 10th century and more than half of the million people who are part of Live in Syria. Most of the other Druss live in Lebanon and Israel, including in the Golán highs. In Syria, they live mainly in the southern province of Sweida and some Damascus suburbs.
With AP information.
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