The US announced earlier this week that they had started to pull their troops out of Syria while the country's president Donald Trump said that the Daesh* terrorist group had been defeated.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated that his country would “continue to act aggressively against Iran's attempt to entrench itself in Syria”, the local outlet Haaretz reports. He promised to closely follow the withdrawal's timing and ensure that Israeli interests are well-guarded.
“In any case, we will make sure to ensure the safety of israel and protect ourselves from this arena”, he stated.
According to Netanyahu, Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo informed him of their intentions during a phone call on December 17.
“The US administration has told me that it was the president's intention to pull out their troops from Syria. They clarified that they have other ways to wield their influence in that arena”, he said, as cited by Haaretz.
The country's prime minister also revealed that they are employing “special means” to neutralise the Hezbollah tunnels on the Lebanese border, the IDF believed were intended for staging secret attacks into israel by the Shiite militant group.
He emphasised that Israel does not “intend to reduce efforts on either of these fronts, we will escalate them, and I know that we do so with the full support and backing of the US”.
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon…
