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Netanyahu warns Syrian opposition ‘we will make them pay a heavy price’

December 10, 2024
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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu [PHOTO: Marc Israel Sellem]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened the groups that overthrew the Baath regime in Syria. Netanyahu said, “If those who overthrew the Baath regime allow Iran to establish itself in Syria, we will make them pay a heavy price.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened the groups that overthrew the Baath regime in Syria. Netanyahu claimed that they “have no intention of interfering in the internal affairs of Syria.”

Claiming that his army carried out attacks in Syria “for the security of Israel,” Netanyahu said that he gave orders to bomb military facilities in Syria in this regard.

“However, if they allow Iran to settle in Syria, or if they allow Iranian weapons or any other weapons to be transferred to Hezbollah, or if they attack us, we will respond harshly and make them pay a heavy price,” Netanyahu said.

Arab Desk

Arab Desk

The Arab Desk leads The Eastern Herald's reporting on the Middle East and North Africa. The desk has covered the Gaza-Israel war since October 2023, the Iran-Israel war of 2025-2026, the fall of the Assad government in Syria, Hezbollah's political and military shifts in Lebanon, the war in Yemen, and the diplomatic realignment of the Gulf states under the Abraham Accords and the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement.

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