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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R), Trump’s pick ambassador to Israelsaid he “commends” the Biden administration for recognizing that “Israel has a right to defend itself.”
Israel said on Tuesday had bombed more than 350 military sites in Syria in the previous 48 hours, targeting “most of the strategic weapons stockpiles” in the country. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that wave of airstrikes in neighboring Syria it was necessary to prevent the weapons from being used against Israel after the Syrian government stunning collapse.
Israel also acknowledged that its troops were entering a border buffer zone inside Syria, which was established after the 1973 Middle East war. However, Israel denied that its forces were advancing on Tuesday into the Syrian capital of Damascus.
Life in the capital was slowly returning to normal after the jihadi-led Syrian insurgents kicked out President Bashar al-Assad over the weekend. People celebrated for the third day in a main square, and shops and banks reopened.
The united states said on Tuesday that he would recognize and support a new Syrian government that renounces terrorism, destroys its chemical weapons stockpile and protects the rights of minorities and women.
Syria’s nearly 14-year civil war has killed nearly half a million people and displaced half of the country’s pre-war population of 23 million, making it a proxy battleground for regional powers and international
“Israel is doing the right thing,” Huckabee told NewsNation.Elizabeth Vargas reports.”
“What Israel is doing is protecting its borders,” he said. “They’ve been fighting a seven-front war. They’ve had attacks from the north, the south, the Iranians themselves, the Houthis, Hezbollah and Hamas.”
“It’s come from everywhere. So they have a right and an obligation,” the former Republican governor said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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