Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar has raised concerns that Israel’s defense leadership should be highly alert in light of the developments surrounding the new Syrian government. In a working meeting with various civilian officials within the Foreign Ministry, Sa’ar shared his thoughts on Syria’s political and military leadership, casting doubt on the stability of the newly established regime.
“Around the world, they speak of ‘organized regime change in Syria,’ but it’s not like a new government was chosen in a democratic fashion and that it rules all of Syria,” he said. “This is a gang of terrorists who were first in Idlib and then took over the capital city of Damascus and other areas.”
He continued by pointing out that while the international community is eager to see the new regime as stable and functional, their hopes are misguided. “The world really wants to see in them a new and stable regime, because the countries want to return the evacuees who they are hosting to Syria. But that’s not the situation. There are battles with the Alawites along the coastline. There are explicit threats by [Turkish President Recep Tayyip] Erdogan to eliminate the Kurdish autonomy; there is harassment of the Christian community in Syria.”
Additionally, Sa’ar underscored the fact that the Syrian government is deeply rooted in Islamist ideology and is intent on consolidating control over the entire country. “It is an Islamist regime which will try to achieve unified control of all of Syria.”
{Matzav.com Israel}
