Safadi Urges International Action to Stop Israeli Operations in Syria

Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi urged international action on Monday, November 9, to stop what he described as Israeli aggression in Syria and prevent further regional escalation. He spoke at a joint press conference in Damascus with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani. Safadi said Syria’s security and stability were inseparable from Jordan’s and that Jordan would continue supporting Syria as it rebuilt. He said a joint security committee had met and agreed mechanisms for coordination against terrorism. He also said the two countries had signed 11 agreements across several sectors to strengthen cooperation and integration. Syria’s Foreign Ministry said the ministers’ meeting took place during the third session of the Syrian-Jordanian Higher Coordination Council. Syrian Defense Minister Maj. Gen. Murhaf Abu Qasra attended, together with the two countries’ chiefs of staff, intelligence directors and other military and security officials. In an October 5 statement explaining its operations in southern Syria, the IDF said Carmeli Brigade troops had found three antitank explosive devices and two mines the previous day while clearing weapons left by the former Syrian regime. The IDF said it would continue operating in the southern Syrian security area to “remove any threat to Israeli civilians and IDF troops.”