10.12.2024 - 19:54 [ Middle East Eye ]

Israel establishes ‚sterile defence zone‘ inside Syrian territory as it continues air strikes

„Together with the prime minister, I have instructed the [military] to establish a sterile defence zone free of weapons and terrorist threats in southern Syria, without a permanent Israeli presence,“ Katz said during a visit to a naval base in the Israeli city of Haifa.

He claimed it was in order to „to prevent the establishment and organisation of terrorism in Syria“.