Ahmed al-Sharaa, the former commander of Al Qaeda offshoot Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) who was named Syria’s transitional president, has made indirect overtures to U.S. President Donald Trump to remove sanctions and normalize relations, mentioning some economic incentives that included the possibility of erecting a Trump Tower in Damascus, according to a report.
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IDF CONDUCTS AIRSTRIKE NEAR PRESIDENTIAL PALACE IN DAMASCUS
The IDF carried out an airstrike last week in Damascus—near the presidential palace—in what was seen as a message from Tel Aviv that the new government should not deploy forces to the southern part of the country, drawing a swift rebuke from Syria.
ISRAEL RAMPS UP WAR AGAINST SYRIA AND LEBANON AS NETANYAHU VISITS WHITE HOUSE
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in Washington on Monday to meet with President Donald Trump to discuss issues in the Middle East as his military continued to extend its reach in Lebanon and Syria.
ISRAEL RAMPS UP WAR AGAINST SYRIA
Israel intensified its military strikes and intrusion in Syria last week, drawing criticism from Syria’s fragile government that has said it wants a peaceful coexistence with its neighbor.
ISRAEL TARGETS DAMASCUS IN AIRSTRIKE FOR FIRST TIME SINCE NEW GOVERNMENT TOOK HOLD
The Israeli government last week carried out airstrikes on a Damascus suburb that it claimed targeted a jihadi militant headquarters—while Syrian media said the buildings struck were residential.
IDF HEAD SAYS ISRAEL READY TO STAY IN SYRIA FOR AN ‘UNLIMITED’ AMOUNT OF TIME
Israel Katz, the Israeli defense minister who landed the role because he is a puppet for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said Wednesday that his forces are “prepared to stay in Syria for an unlimited amount of time”—because of security concerns.
ISRAEL CARRIES OUT NEW STRIKES ACROSS SYRIA, SAYS IT WILL NOT ALLOW COUNTRY TO BECOME ANOTHER LEBANON
Israel Katz, the head of the IDF, confirmed Israeli strikes across southern Syria last week and said Tel Aviv will not allow the region to become like “southern Lebanon.”
NETANYAHU SAYS ISRAEL WILL NOT ALLOW SYRIAN FORCES SOUTH OF DAMASCUS, VOWS TO KEEP IDF TROOPS INSIDE COUNTRY’S SOUTH
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Sunday that he will “not allow” any Syrian force—whether it be the new army or Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)—to enter the region “south of Damascus,” while reaffirming his position that the IDF will not be pulled from the southern region of the fractured country any time soon.
“CHOSEN PEOPLE” CHOOSE TO STEAL MORE LAND
A top Israel official said last week that the country has no plans to retreat from what was a demilitarized zone inside Syria’s southern border region after seizing the territory following the fall of the country’s former leader Bashar al Assad.
ISRAEL STEALING MORE LAND IN SYRIA
The Israeli Defense Force continues to capture more territory in Syria and subjugate the thousands of Syrians who live near the border region after the fall of the country’s former leader Bashar al Assad.