Jumblat Denounces Israeli Attack in Syria, Says it Complicates Conflict
Progressive Socialist Party chief MP Walid Jumblat condemned on Monday the Israeli attack against Syria, saying it further complicates the conflict in the neighboring country.
“The attack offers the Syrian regime an excuse to accuse the opposition of collaborating with Israeli,” Jumblat told al-Anbaa.
He pointed out that “whatever the stance was regarding the Syrian regime it doesn't justify the Israeli attack.”
Israeli raids on Sunday hit three military sites outside Damascus, the second such reported attack in 48 hours, reportedly targeting weapons bound for Hizbullah which is an ally of President Bashar Assad's regime.
The Syrian government warned that the regional situation was "more dangerous" following the raid as fears grew of a spillover of the conflict.
The Jewish state has frequently warned it would act to stop the transfer of advanced weapons systems or chemical weapons to Hizbullah, with which it fought a devastating war in 2006.
Jumblat lashed out at the international community of inaction in Damascus as it is “overlooking the daily massacres in Syria.”
He also slammed the international community for “magnifying the threats that would be carried out by the Takfiri groups to justify its why it's refraining from arming the opposition.”
Jumblat said that the regime is waging a “cleansing campaign across the country,”
He reiterated calls on Druze in Syria to join the Free Syrian Army.
More than 70,000 people have been killed since the violence exploded in March 2011, according to U.N. figures.
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