The Local Coordination Committees in Syria (LCC): Regarding The Israeli Raids

“We won’t lose our compass. The enemy of our enemy will not become our friend.”

Regarding The Israeli Raids

The Local Coordination Committees in Syria (LCC) deplores the Israeli raids on Syrian territory and condemns ongoing violations of the Syrian people’s national sovereignty.

The LCC confirms that the Syrian regime’s reckless behavior has turned Syria into a state of chaos, and the regime alone bears full responsibility for the outcome of a country that has become a playground in which regional and international powers settle their scores at the expense of the Syrian people. It is important to remember that this regime has never served as a resistance force; rather, the regime has protected Israel over the past decades. The game of “resistance” has only been used to impose repression, tyranny, and bullying of the domestic population under the pretext of external danger.

The Israeli raids targeted military installations and ammunition depots, which had been used to kill unarmed civilians – the sons and daughters of Syria. Nonetheless, the raids can only be seen in the context of serving Israeli interests, which align in many ways with those of the Syrian regime. The regime is trying to force the country into a sectarian war and to become a divided state – a condition that has long been a strategic goal for Israel.

The Local Coordination Committees in Syria
May 6, 2013

Statement of the Revolutionary Military Council in Damascus on the Israeli aggression

In the name of God the Merciful

We, the military council in Damascus, would like to emphasize and confirm that our fight is against the Assad regime, but this has not and will not make us forget that our first enemy is Israel. So we would like to stress our core national principle, which considers Israel as the occupier enemy that does not respect international conventions. Following this principle, we unequivocally condemn the recent Israeli aggression on the Syrian territory and considers it a violation of the sovereignty of our country Syria. Once the Syrian army return a national army after the toppling of the mafiosi regime, our response will bond to be against any Israeli attack a response through real action and not through ruminating words that has been used by the Assad regime without doing anything.

We therefore extend our warm condolences to the honorable people victim of the recent Israeli aggression who have polluted and tarnished their hands with the blood of the Syrian people and could not split from the Assad regime until the present moment.

Long live free and proud Syria

Commander of the Revolutionary Military Council in Damascus
Colonel Abu al-Wafa