Israeli International Minister Gideon Saar mentioned on Monday (December 9) that the presence of Israeli forces in Syrian territory was a “restricted, short-term” step meant to make sure Israel’s safety through the confusion after the autumn of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Referring to Syria’s strongest insurgent chief Abu Mohammed al-Golani Saar mentioned Israel thought-about lots of the insurgent leaders as having a harmful and “excessive ideology of radical Islam” and Israel is hoping to move off any menace that might emerge within the fallout of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s overthrow. Early on Sunday, the navy mentioned it had despatched floor forces into the demilitarised zone, a 400-sq-km (155-sq-mile) buffer created by a 1974 Separation of Forces Settlement and overseen by the U.N. Disengagement Observer Pressure (UNDOF). Israel has watched the upheaval in Syria with a mix of hope and concern because it weighs the implications of probably the most important strategic shifts within the Center East in years. Saar mentioned minorities in Syria have to be protected and assaults on Kurds should cease.
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