Syrian opposition figure welcomes more Israeli attacks
Date
11/4/2015 2:48:37 AM
(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) Syrian opposition activist based in Jordan toldThe Jerusalem Postthat the rebels want Israel to increase attacks against President Bashar Assad’s forces and those of his Shi’ite allies.
Naser Abu-Magd told thePoston Monday night – in an ongoing email exchange dating back to late last year – that the Syrian opposition welcomes Israeli strikes against Assad’s regime or Hezbollah.
However he argues that Russia and the Shi’ite axis want to change the rules of the game and disrupt Israeli action in the country.
Magd also complained about Russia’s military intervention on behalf of the Syrian regime and its Shi’ite allies Iran and Hezbollah.
However Magd predicts that ultimately Russia’s war will fail and the rebels will topple the Assad regime.
The opposition activist also claimed that Assad lied to Russian President Vladimir Putin about the Western-backed Free Syrian Army’s strength which supposedly upset him.
Magd also peddled a conspiracy theory common among some Sunni Arabs in the region that Iran is supporting Islamic State.
Mendi Safadi – an Israeli Druse who served as Deputy Regional Cooperation Minister Ayoub Kara’s chief of staff and who has met with Syrian opposition activists – told thePoston Tuesday that “Israel would not be wise to go to war against Syria.
“The only loser of this would be the Syrian opposition even more than Israel” he said.
An Israeli attack would complicate the Syrian war and taint the Syrian opposition as many believe it is backed by Israel.
It is no secret that Israel’s reported military interventions in Syria against Assad’s regime Hezbollah and Iranian forces aid the opposition; but that does not mean the world would not react if Israel would decide to launch a war in Syria said Safadi.
“When you look at the strategic landscape it is clear that limited Israeli attacks serve Israel and the Syrian rebels but opening a full-scale war would destroy all of our achievements and help Assad’s regime” he said.
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