The Druze in Sweida do not want to be part of the state established by the Sharaa regime; they look to Israel.
They have concluded that the weapon of kidnapping represents a strategic achievement. Kidnapping soldiers can achieve very important gains for them, and force Israel to retreat in the Gaza Strip.
They are planning what is called in security and intelligence language a multi-front event to kidnap soldiers on all fronts.
What is happening is not limited to Syria. On all our fronts, in Lebanon, the Gaza Strip, and the West Bank as well, the security agencies are monitoring a trend among the organizations to try to kidnap soldiers.
a thorny issue
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