Washington defends Israel’s attacks and occupation of territory in Syria under the pretext of its right to defend itself against potential threats!
The United States has defended Israeli attacks and occupation of territory in Syria on the grounds of its “right to defend itself against potential threats arising from a power vacuum in the region”.
This was stated by US State Department Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel, at a press conference on Wednesday.
“We want to see lasting stability between Israel and Syria,” Patel said.
He added, “Israel stated that such measures and steps aimed at protecting its borders are temporary”.
Patel, whose country provides full military and diplomatic support to Tel Aviv in the region, claimed that Israel took these military steps temporarily to keep its borders secure in light of the power vacuum in the region after the fall of the Assad regime.
On December 8, Syrian factions took control of the capital, Damascus, and other cities before them, with the withdrawal of Bashar al Assad’s regime forces from public institutions and streets, thus ending a 61-year era of Baath Party rule and 53 years of Assad family rule.
As a result, Israel claimed the collapse of the separation of forces agreement with Syria, and occupied the demilitarized buffer zone in the Golan.
It also exploited these developments and launched hundreds of air strikes, destroying warplanes, various missiles, and air defense systems in numerous military sites throughout Syria.
