US envoy criticizes Israeli intervention in Syria

[Hol]

U.S. special envoy to Syria, Tom Barrack, on Monday criticized Israel's intervention in Syria after Israeli strikes hit the Syrian Defense Ministry headquarters in Damascus last week.

Barrack, who is also the U.S. ambassador to Turkey and has a short-term mandate in Lebanon, told The Associated Press while in Beirut that Israel’s intervention “creates another very confusing chapter” and “came at a very bad time.”

There had been clashes for days in the southern Syrian city of Sweida with the government, which aided Bedouins against Druze armed groups. Israel had already launched dozens of strikes targeting Syrian government troops and convoys, which the country says were in support of the Druze, a religious minority group that is seen as a loyal minority within the Jewish nation and often serves in its military.

The clashes have left hundreds killed, with some Syrian government fighters allegedly shooting dead Druze civilians and burning and looting homes.

US envoy criticizes Israeli intervention in Syria

Israel’s intervention “creates another very confusing chapter” and “came at a very bad time,” said U.S. special envoy to Syria, Tom Barrack

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[Greg]

At least Israel isn't turning a blind eye to the horrible things the terrorists in charge are doing. Our government's response so far is pathetic at best. And removing sanctions on this evil and terroristic regime? That's something I would have expected from Biden, except that he and Obama tended to favor Shiites over Sunnis.

 

[Hol]

And removing sanctions on this evil and terroristic regime?

Right, it’s the forming of the ten toes in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream. It was done so that the Abraham Accord could get approval from the Saudis. The Saudis were terribly insulted by Biden.

News from three years ago:

Why the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia yelled at Biden’s adviser​

According to The Wall Street Journal, the United States wanted to deprive Russia of the additional profit from oil exports, which it receives from high hydrocarbon prices. To do this, the White House sent US national security adviser Jake Sullivan to Saudi Arabia, who was supposed to persuade the Saudis to increase oil production: this would lead to lower prices on the black gold market.

However, Riyadh refused to go towards Washington, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud ignored Jake Sullivan’s request. Then the adviser to the President of the United States decided to scare the royal person by reminding him of the scandal with the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Before this story was forgotten in the West, the head of the White House, Joe Biden, threatened to turn Saudi Arabia into a “rogue”.

Why the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia yelled at Biden’s adviser | VT Foreign Policy

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