Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa told Israel it would be suicide to withdraw from southern Lebanon without making peace with Syria first. Meanwhile, Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh vowed to “retaliate more harshly” then ever before “if our civilian population is attacked” by Hezbollah forces if Israel orders a unilateral withdrawal.
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