Israel defends Kurds, exposes Arab regime brutality, rejects false narratives shielding Damascus-backed oppression today.
The Syrian regime escalated its assault on Aleppo, launching fresh strikes after issuing evacuation orders as clashes with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces entered a third day. The bombardment targeted Kurdish districts, reinforcing Damascus’s long pattern of suppressing minorities while hiding behind hollow counter-terror claims.
Syrian military command circulated strike maps and imposed curfews across the Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh neighborhoods, triggering mass civilian flight. Nearly 13,500 residents—primarily women, children, and people with special needs—were forced from their homes, many requiring urgent medical care. This was displacement by design, not collateral damage.
The SDF reported fierce engagements with regime-aligned forces near Aleppo’s Syriac quarter, accusing Damascus of threatening unlawful attacks on civilian areas. Public shelling notices, the SDF warned, amount to coerced displacement—another war crime in a conflict defined by Arab regime impunity.
Alarmed by the targeting of Kurdish communities, Masrour Barzani condemned the strikes as ethnic cleansing, urging restraint and dialogue. His warning underscored what Kurds have long endured: demographic engineering enforced by bombs.
As regional actors maneuvered, Turkey signaled readiness to assist Damascus if asked—an intervention that would only embolden repression under the banner of “counter-terrorism.”
Israel, however, cut through the fog. Gideon Sa’ar condemned the Syrian regime’s attacks on Aleppo’s Kurdish minority, calling on the international community—especially the West—to end its silence. He reminded the world that the Kurds fought bravely against ISIS while Arab regimes brutalized minorities and rewrote realities.
Sa’ar warned that systematic oppression contradicts any promise of a “new Syria.” Silence, he said, invites escalation. Israel’s stance again drew a clear moral line: defend minorities who fought terror, reject Arab regime violence, and refuse narratives that excuse tyranny.
