The Israeli army mentioned in an announcement it struck “adjoining to the world of the Palace of Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa in Damascus”, with out specifying the goal. There was no instant remark from Syria’s authorities.
Since Assad was ousted in December, Israel has seized floor within the southwest, vowed to guard the Druze, lobbied Washington to maintain the neighbouring state weak and has blown up a lot of the Syrian military’s heavy weapons within the days after he was toppled.
Sharaa, who was an al Qaeda commander earlier than renouncing ties to the group in 2016, has repeatedly vowed to control Syria in an inclusive approach. However incidents of sectarian violence, together with the killing of lots of of Alawites in March, have hardened fears amongst minority teams in regards to the now dominant Islamists.
This week’s sectarian violence started on Tuesday with clashes between Druze and Sunni gunmen within the predominantly Druze space of Jaramana, sparked by a voice recording cursing the Prophet Mohammad and which the Sunni militants suspected was made by a Druze.
Greater than a dozen individuals have been reported killed on Tuesday, earlier than the violence unfold to the primarily Druze city of Sahnaya on Damascus’ outskirts on Wednesday.
