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Israel personally armed and saved 12 Syrian insurgent groups, news says

  • September 06, 2018

Israel discreetly saved and armed during slightest 12 insurgent groups in southern Syria in sequence to keep Iranian-backed militias and Islamic State fighters divided from Israel’s border, Foreign Policy repository reported on Thursday. 

Foreign Policy’s Elizabeth Tsurkov interviewed some-more than dual dozen members of a insurgent groups, who reported that Israel’s support took place in new years and finished final month.

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The weapons transfer, according to a report, enclosed attack rifles, appurtenance guns, trebuchet launchers and ride vehicles, all delivered by 3 limit crossings – gates that bond a Golan Heights and Syria.

These crossings are a same ones by that Israel eliminated charitable assist to Syria.

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According to Tsurkov, Israel paid any insurgent approximately 75 dollars per month, with additional income transfers for a groups to squeeze weapons on Syria’s black market.

When Bashar Assad’s army retook south Syria in July, insurgent groups approaching Israel to intervene, due to a support they had received, sources told Tsurkov. One warrior said: “This is a doctrine we will not forget about Israel. It does not caring about … a people. It does not caring about humanity. All it cares about it the possess interests.”

Similar reports about Israel’s support to Syrian rebels were published in 2017.