After meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa said Trump supports his call for Israel to remove its forces from Syrian territory.
The Washington Post on Tuesday asked Sharaa a rather leading question about Israel “occupying Syrian land” and “fomenting sectarianism, particularly within the Druze community,” and asked about his plans for “protecting Syrian sovereignty” from the Israelis.
Sharaa responded by accusing Israel of harboring “expansionist ambitions” and using issues like protecting Syria’s Druze minority as excuses to occupy more Syrian territory, although he sounded less irritated about the situation than his Washington Post interviewers.
“Israel has always claimed that it has concerns about Syria because it is afraid of the threats that the
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