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UN Secretary-General Guterres condemns Israeli airstrikes in Syria, ignoring the Syrian military's massacre of the Druze. Israeli Ambassador Danon fires back and accuses Guterres of "moral bankruptcy".
Clashes between Bedouin tribal fighters, caretaker government forces and Druze militias stretched into their fourth day in Sweida on Wednesday while Israeli forces struck the Syrian capital, Damascus.
Antonio Guterres condemns Israel’s 'escalatory' airstrikes on Suweida, Daraa, center of Damascus, spokesman says - Anadolu Ajansı
The Syrian foreign ministry accused Israel of “treacherous aggression” as Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended the move.
United Nations sanctions monitors have seen no "active ties" this year between Al Qaeda and the Islamist group leading Syria's interim government, an unpublished U.N. report said, a finding that could strengthen an expected U.
The UN Security Council is set to hold an emergency session on Thursday following Israeli airstrikes on the Suwayda region and Damascus in Syria.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned Israel's "escalatory" airstrikes on Suwayda, Daraa, and the Syrian capital, Damascus, as well as reports of Israeli Defense Forces redeployment of forces in the Golan.