Liberman: International agreements on ending Syrian civil war don’t apply to us

Israel will continue to act in Syria as it deems necessary for its security, without consideration for the international agreements now being discussed to formally end the country’s brutal seven-year civil war, Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman says.

“From the viewpoint of Israel, with all due respect and appreciation for the agreements and the understandings — they do not apply to us,” he says during a tour of the northern border.

“The only thing that concerns us is the security interests of the State of Israel,” he says.

Liberman also comments on reports that he has made his decision as to which general will next command the Israel Defense Forces, saying that everyone will find out when a formal announcement is made “and not one second sooner.”

— Judah Ari Gross