Analyst:

Israel Fearful of End of Crisis in Syria

Rasa - A prominent Syrian analyst said the ISIL's heavy attacks against Deir Ezzur airbase were conducted in coordination with Washington, adding that Israel is doing its best to keep the crisis in Syria going on.

News ID: 426607

Date: 17 January 2017 - 20:46

RNA - The ISIL attacks on Deir Ezzur are related to the Zionist regime's recent aggression against al-Mezzeh airbase in Damascus and the terrorists' crimes in Wadi al-Bardi (in Western Ghouta of Damascus)," Mohammad Fareed Issa told FNA on Tuesday.

"The recent moves by the terrorists had gone under scrutiny and were then organized by the Zionist-American plotters in the region," he added.

Noting that US President Barack Obama and his team continue their devilish acts against the Syrian army to the last day of their tenure, Issa said that Israel wants the crisis in Syria to continue as an end to the crisis would bring attention to Tel Aviv.

"Tel Aviv fears that the United States weakened control over the region would threaten Israel's existence," he added.

On Thursday night, Israel conducted heavy bombing of al-Mezzeh military airport near Damascus.

In relevant remarks on Saturday, adviser to Syrian information minister Ali Ahmad said that Israel bombed Syria when it felt falling morale of terrorists, thus encouraging and supporting them.

"When Israel attacks Damascus, it cannot be taken as an isolated case. When Israel feels weakness in the body of the terrorists in Syria, it is trying to encourage and support terrorists and does so by bombing [Syria]," Ahmad said.

He added that the West and Israel did not want peaceful life to return to Syria as "functioning of the Syrian government does not correspond to the interests of Israel, and so they want to support terrorists and to strengthen them."

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