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Rubio urges Syrian security forces to prevent ‘jihadists’ from committing ‘massacres’ in country’s south
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio calls on the Syrian government’s security forces to prevent jihadists from entering and “carrying out massacres” in the conflict-stricken south of the country.
“If authorities in Damascus want to preserve any chance of achieving a unified, inclusive and peaceful Syria… they must help end this calamity by using their security forces to prevent ISIS and any other violent jihadists from entering the area and carrying out massacres,” Rubio says in a statement posted to X.
The statement comes after days of violence in the Druze-majority city of Sweida and the wider province, as Druze fighters clashed with Sunni Bedouin tribes, who were later joined by government forces.
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