Israeli raids on the heart of Damascus … a regional escalation that warns of a widespread explosion

Syrian security forces and children carrying rifles in a neighborhood of As -Suwayda, July 15, 2025 (AFP)

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"AR-eg"> The Israeli army has clearly announced, through its spokesman, Avichai Adraei, that it targeted at dawn today & quot; the entry portal to the General Staff Complex of the Syrian Army & quot; In the middle of Damascus, stressing that the raids came with direct political directives, and aim to protect the Druze citizens in Syria & quot;, as he put it."RTL">"AR-eg"> and Adraei stressed that Israel & quot “is closely monitoring developments in southern Syria & quot, stressing raising the degree of preparedness and strengthening Israeli forces on the border with Syria.

"AR-eg"> While the Syrian regime was not commented directly to the raid, the Syrian Arab News Agency & quot; Referring to hearing a major explosion in the capital, while security sources confirmed to & quot & quot; That the raid targeted the Syrian Ministry of Defense, which opens the door to the possibility of a security and military escalation in the heart of Damascus."RTL"> _{The truce collapses after hours."RTL">"AR-eg"> in the south, in the Druze majority of As -Suwayda, the armistice announced by the Syrian Ministry of Defense yesterday evening did not last more than hours, as it soon collapsed in front of the escalation of intense artillery shelling and armed clashes, according to what & quot; Al -Suwayda 24 & quot; Local."RTL">"AR-eg"> The battles erupted again between the Druze fighters and the regime forces, after the clashes had been temporarily diminished after local intervention, & nbsp; Government."RTL">"AR-eg"> The Syrian Ministry of Defense carried their names & quot; Groups Out of Law & quot; Responsibility of the truce breach, and invited the city’s residents to stay in their homes."RTL">"AR-eg"> While civilians circulated in the city painful accounts of raids carried out by the regime forces, punctuated by looting of homes and cars, and even burning Processing."RTL"> Israel and America … a military arm and diplomatic cover}

"AR-eg"> Israeli escalation came against the background of what Tel Aviv says is & quot; a repression by the Druze citizens in Syria & quot;.

"AR-eg"> Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz launched a direct public warning to the Syrian regime, saying: & quot; leave the Druze and their affairs, otherwise we will continue to bomb your forces even & Quot;

"AR-eg"> As for the United States, it entered the crisis line with diplomatic moves, where the American envoy to Syria, Thomas Barak, stated that Washington & quot; in contact with all the parties concerned to work for calm and integration & quot; without disclosing the details of the mediators or the possibility of intervention Direct."RTL"> _{What is after?"RTL">"AR-eg"> The events of the last hours warn of a dangerous slip in southern Syria, and open a new chapter of regional tension, where the sectarian division in the Syrian interior overlaps, with the Israeli expansionist ambitions, and the continuous deterioration in the ability of the new Syrian regime to contain the accumulated crises over the years of the war Al -Ahlia."RTL">"AR-eg"> As -Suwayda, which has long been the Silent & quot; In the Syrian conflict, today it is a focus."RTL">"AR-eg"> As for Damascus, who used to & quot; limited strikes & quot; And & quot; maintaining the right to respond & quot; she finds itself in front of direct targeting of its sensitive military joints, & nbsp; to impose an important question itself & nbsp; now: Is diplomacy succeeding in curbing this escalation? Or are we on the threshold of a broader confrontation that may extend outside the Syrian border?}

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