World reacts to Israeli attacks on Syria’s Damascus

A roundup of cardinal planetary reactions aft Israeli aerial strikes adjacent the defence ministry and statesmanlike palace successful Syria’s capital.

Israel has launched respective aerial strikes successful the bosom of the Syrian capital, Damascus, arsenic clashes continued successful the southwestern metropolis of Suwayda aft a truce betwixt authorities forces and Druze equipped groups collapsed.

Defence Minister Israel Katz said Israeli forces struck adjacent the entranceway to the Syrian Ministry of Defence connected Wednesday, hours aft helium had demanded Syrian authorities forces retreat from Suwayda.

Another onslaught deed adjacent the statesmanlike palace, connected the outskirts of the city.

At slightest 1 idiosyncratic was killed and 18 others were wounded successful the attacks, Syrian authorities media reported, citing the Ministry of Health.

The attacks connected Syria’s superior travel amid continuing unrest successful the metropolis of Suwayda, wherever section Sunni Bedouin tribes person been engaged successful fierce clashes successful caller days with fighters from Syria’s Druze minority, whom Israel views arsenic a imaginable state successful Syria and claims to beryllium intervening to protect.

Damascus deployed its forces to the metropolis connected Tuesday and declared a ceasefire, but the warring rapidly resumed.

Here is however the satellite is reacting to Israel’s attacks connected Damascus:

United States

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the US was “very concerned” astir the escalation successful violence.

“We’re going to beryllium moving connected that contented … I conscionable got disconnected the telephone with the applicable parties. We’re precise acrophobic astir it, and hopefully, we’ll person immoderate updates aboriginal today. But we’re precise acrophobic astir it,” Rubio said

Turkiye

Turkiye’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the attacks and said they were an effort to sabotage Syria’s efforts to execute peace, stableness and security.

“The Syrian radical person a historical accidental to unrecorded successful bid and integrate with the world,” the ministry said.

“All stakeholders who enactment this accidental should lend to the Syrian government’s efforts to reconstruct peace.”

Omer Celik, spokesperson for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s governing AK Party, besides condemned the attacks.

“Israel’s attacks airs a information menace to the full portion and the world,” Celik wrote connected X.

GCC

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) – comprising Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates – condemned the attacks successful the “strongest terms”.

In a statement, GCC Secretary-General Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi said the Israeli attacks were a “flagrant violation” of Syria’s sovereignty, “a breach of planetary laws and norms, and a superior menace to determination information and stability”.

Albudaiwi reiterated the GCC’s enactment for Syria’s territorial integrity, adding that the continuation of Israeli attacks constituted an “irresponsible escalation” and disregarded planetary efforts to execute stableness successful Syria and the region.

Norway

The Norwegian overseas curate said that Israel’s caller strikes could undermine efforts towards a peaceful modulation of powerfulness successful Syria.

“Deeply acrophobic astir caller Israeli airstrikes and rising home tensions. The escalation risks undermining efforts towards a peaceful, Syrian-owned transition,” Espen Barth Eide wrote connected X.

He said helium was “alarmed” by the “escalating violence” successful Syria and urged each actors to workout “maximum restraint”.

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