Tel Aviv: Israel has deployed its forces in new positions throughout the buffer zone alongside the Israel-Syria border within the Golan Heights on Sunday following the”fall” of the Assad regime in Syria.
The Israeli Protection Forces (IDF) confirmed the transfer, marking the primary such deployment for the reason that 1974 Settlement on Disengagement was signed.
The IDF, in a publish on X, acknowledged, “In accordance with the situational evaluation following the current occasions in Syria, together with the entry of armed personnel into the buffer zone, the IDF has deployed forces within the buffer zone and in a number of different locations crucial for its defence, to make sure the protection of the communities of the Golan Heights and the residents of Israel.”
The transfer comes following a contemporary evaluation and “the opportunity of gunmen getting into the buffer zone,” the publish learn.
“We emphasise that the IDF doesn’t intervene within the occasions happening in Syria,” the safety forces stated.
The deployment coincides with vital upheaval in Syria. In keeping with the Britain-based struggle monitor Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, insurgent fighters entered Damascus at daybreak on Sunday.
Studies point out that lots of of presidency troopers have been seen withdrawing from Damascus Worldwide Airport, shedding their navy uniforms for civilian clothes.
A number of media shops have reported that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has fled the nation, though the Syrian presidency maintains that Assad remains to be fulfilling his constitutional duties within the capital.
Social media footage from Damascus reveals intense gunfire and heavy visitors as residents try to flee the town. In one other video, a statue of Hafez al-Assad, Bashar al-Assad’s father and predecessor, is proven being torn down, symbolising the regime’s collapse.
Syrian Prime Minister Mohammad Ghazi Jalali addressed the scenario in a Fb publish, expressing his willingness to “cooperate” with any management chosen by the individuals. He additionally urged residents to chorus from vandalising public property.
