Illustrative image. (The Israeli Defense Forces)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a special security discussion on November 29 evening with the heads of the defense establishment to discuss new internal fighting in Syria and the ceasefire with Hezbollah in Lebanon, according to Hebrew media
The unusual meeting came amid a large-scale offensive against Syrian government forces in the northern governorate of Aleppo led by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, an offshoot of al-Qaeda.
Prior to the news from Israel, the militants stormed the city of Aleppo. Syrian government forces appear to be on the brink of collapse there.
Israel’s Channel 12 news channel reported that the country was concerned about the potential spillover ramifications of chaotic developments in Syria, as well as the possibility of unspecified Syrian strategic weapons falling into the wrong hands.
Meanwhile, an unnamed Israeli official told the Ynet news website: “This is something we need to closely monitor and see how it develops.”
They added, “It doesn’t necessarily affect us, especially not in the short term, but any erosion of stability in a neighboring country could also impact us. It seems here that there are also opportunities for change.”
Opposition sources in touch with Turkish intelligence said Turkey had given a green light to the offensive. However, Turkish foreign ministry spokesperson Oncu Keceli said Turkey sought to avoid greater instability in the region and had warned that recent attacks undermined de-escalation agreements.
Meanwhile, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow regarded the rebel attack as a violation of Syria’s sovereignty and wanted the authorities to act fast to regain control.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi pledged “continued support for the government, nation and army of Syria,” in a phone call with his Syrian counterpart Bassam al-Sabbagh, according to a statement.
Syria has already accused Israel of backing the offensive. While there are no clear links between what is happening and Israel, there is no doubt that the country is the main beneficiary. The offensive started just a few hours after direct threats from Netanyahu to Syria and President Bashar al-Assad.
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netanyahu or his war strategists probably met erdogan prior to planning this mess.
you have to understand that erdogan is no friend of israel or the west. but he can cooperate with them where it suits the interest of turkiye or the muslim world. assad refused power-sharing negotiations with the opposition. millions of syrians are in turkiye and this is causing problems for erdogan. millions of syrians are suffering in their country due to the continuation of the war because assad doesn’t want to talk. russia and iran were keeping quiet instead of forcing assad to negotiate.
erdogan is a slimey snake
endogan is nothing but backstabbing b*strad that is nothing but hot air. 14 months and he didn’t do anything for gaza. not even closing the israhelli embassy. to your so called opposition, i don’t even think you wanted to live under the rule of isis or any of this israhelli backed terrorist. there was nothing to negotiate. they wanted to destroy syria for israhell because it is a part of axis resistance. so don’t come here and talk all nice and smart about it
first line is a lie. erdo the liar said he wants to negotiate, what? how much land he can steal? assad will talk, after turkiye and their murderers get out of syria…which erdo won’t do. this attack is clearly showing erdo/us and nutty in bed, again. turkiye and their terrorists are the biggest problem in syria. erdo wants to be pasha, period. no turkiye support, no terrorists. turkiye still sends oil to israel. you call yourself objective?
that guy is such a pest all the time. munafiq.
you can no sooner “negotiate” with the west’s pet head choppers and throat slitters than you can with a rattlesnake. the only programme of these people is to murder, burn, rape and loot, and cause as much destruction and mayhem as possible in target countries, whether it is russia/ china/ iran or syria. that’s all they are, they have no agency, they are just a tool of the cia/ mossad/ mi5 that is turned on and off like a tap. otherwise they would not exist.
no doubt. probably a preparation to attack iran. i hope iran decides to give their reply soon and that it is indeed destructive. we had to wait for a month last time and time is getting close. please eliminate zionist bases and planes. drop a couple of massive missiles in idlib and parts of aleppo to boot. looks like the zionists are getting ready for trump’s arrival. no more war, what a joke.
credo che questa volta israele in siria bombardera’ turchi, terroristi e curdi, gli conviene la siria stabile e senza guerra conviene a tutti soprattutto a israele. saluti
of course bibi held assessment on developments in syria because mossad and the cia are up to their eyeballs in it. in addition to adding pressure to russia it is an opportunity for advancement of the israel’s plans to control the mideast using american blood and money.
it’s time for russia to do in syria what they’ve done in ukr. massive and unrelenting attacks on terrorists. f’ erdo, the lying traitor, he is not just fence sitting , but is involved and acting with israel. if his sheeple ever awaken, he is done. just as nasrallah said, this will decided on the field, not negotiations, because they don’t want peace, they want capitulation. eliminate the pasha’s tools, then talk.
it is better for russia to focus on ukraine. if russia put massive efforts on syria, then ukrainian front will suffer.
syria is traditional ally of russia, but economically it is a banana country. same as armenia.
yeah, that’s right.
after the failure to subdue hezbollah/lebanon the jews together with the americ*nts start a new front against the low hanging fruit that is syria, all in order to keep the wet dream of a greater israel alive. the greater israel wet dream is simply the idea that the jews take the land of lebanon, syria iraq and eventual jordan and the c*nts take the oil.
iran’s been the one force blocking the greater israel project but they now appear to have withdrawn from the role of the local hegemon! guess the c*nts threatened with nukes if they continued the successful attacks on the jews!
please note, it’s a case of lebensraum policy a la hitler. the jews have copied hitler’s plan from the genocide, from the lebensraum program to operating concentration camp gaza. and the world is quiet while the c*nts and the jews break every rule for a civil society. nah the world don’t need jews!
μην γινεστε θυμα τησ “σιωνιστικησ προπαγανδασ” ! το οτι, οι εβραιοι εχουν αντιγραψει τουσ..”ναζι”, απολυτουσ εχθρουσ τουσ, ειναι η καλυτερη “σιωνιστικη προπαγανδα” !!!
the day after the so called “ceasefire” in lebanon, we get this in syria from the western armed/ financed/ orchestrated proxy head choppers and throat slitters. all pure coincidence of course.
oh yeah, pure coincidence that is for sure.
of course they did: since they planned the entire thing, as usual: terrorist war mongering racists.
this offensive from hts,(al queda 2.0 )has usa &israel.cia&mossad plus turkiye&it’s mti all they’re handprints written all over it. russia,iran,china&north korea cannot allow a csto/sco associate state such as syria to fall@this time.this calls for one sure drastic solution use ruaf’s wmd’s to take out hts@idlb emasse.putin send oreshnik &yars mirv/irbm nuke strike on the hts terrorist’s to save al assad’s regime!.period
1.turkish military educated these rebels.
2.turkey paid salaries to these rebels.
3.russia’s and iranian backed esad loosed aleppo city.
4. winners (turkey,usa,israel,pakistan, ukraina) 1 – looser (russia and iran backed esad 0)
5.putin fires general after major losses
syrian 2nd biggest city aleppo, entered under turkish control before trump with ukranian help….