DUBAI: Turkey's foreign minister and his Syrian counterpart on Wednesday warned Israel not to stir up chaos in Syria and demanded an end to all external interventions aimed at destabilising the war-torn country.
Speaking from Ankara, Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al Shaibani said foreign actors were exacerbating the unrest within Syria.
“We are also confronting multiple foreign interventions, both direct and indirect... (that) push the country toward sectarian and regional strife,” he said without giving details but warning against “any reckless attempts to exploit events here.”
Al Shaibani also said his country is committed to holding accountable those responsible for any violations in the recent deadly violence that gripped the southwestern Druze-majority province of Sweida.
Shaibani reiterated Damascus’s sentiments in assuring the Druze community that they are part of Syria and their protection is the responsibility of the state. He was accompanied by Syrian Defense Minister Marhaf Abu Qasra and intelligence chief Hussein Salameh during the visit.
