“We don’t have any foreign cash, and we’re still gathering information on bonds and loans. So, yeah, we are in terrible financial shape.
Mr. Bashir seemed to sidestep the issue of whether he planned to create a new Islamic State by claiming that “certain Islamic groups.”
Had made “mistakes” that linked them to “terrorism and extremism.” He said, “We will defend religious freedom precisely because we are Islamic.”
When asked whether he was amenable to peace with Israel and if the revolutionary administration shared the Jewish state’s adversaries with Iran and Hezbollah, Mr. Bashir left the interview.
Israel, which shares a border with Syria, has violated the 1974 ceasefire by sending soldiers into a demilitarized buffer zone east of the Golan Heights, which Israel has seized.
In an effort to prevent weaponry from getting into the hands of “hostile forces,” Israel’s military says it has targeted and bombed up to 80% of the Syrian army’s arsenal since Assad’s overthrow.
This includes chemical weapons, long-range missiles, and the majority of its naval fleet. In a speech Tuesday evening, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Said that although Israel had “no intention” of meddling in Syria’s “internal affairs,” it wished to secure its security and would strike without hesitation if threatened.
