Sa’ar dismisses Sharaa’s pledge: ‘It’s very dangerous to be a member of a minority in Syria’

By AFP 19 July 2025, 2:14 pm

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Bedouin tribal gunmen in a neighborhood in Sweida in Syria's southern province, despite an announcement by the Syrian interim president of an immediate ceasefire on July 19, 2025 (Bakr ALKASEM / AFP)

Israel dismisses a renewed pledge by Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa to protect minorities after deadly sectarian clashes, saying it is “very dangerous” to be a minority in the country.

“Bottom line: In al-Shara’s Syria, it is very dangerous to be a member of a minority — Kurd, Druze, Alawite or Christian,” Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar posts on X.

“This has been proven time and again over the past six months,” he says, adding the international community has “a duty to ensure the security and rights of the minorities in Syria and to condition Syria’s renewed acceptance into the family of nations on their protection.”