Syrian FM: Israel wants to occupy southern Syria

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem says Israel plots to seize a strip of southern Syria along the border as it once did in Lebanon, Israel Radio reports this afternoon.

Muallem made the claim yesterday while speaking to Hezbollah-affiliated TV channel Al-Mayadeen.

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem speaks during a press conference, Damascus, Syria, March 12, 2016. (AFP/LOUAI BESHARA)
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem speaks during a press conference, Damascus, Syria, March 12, 2016. (AFP/LOUAI BESHARA)

He added that Israel wanted the civil war in Syria to drag on and was aiding rebel groups in the border area in order to achieve this purpose.

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