A senior official in Syria’s Kurdish-led administration confirmed on Tuesday that they are in contact with Israel and are open to receiving support from “any source” amid ongoing tensions with the government in Damascus.
The statement was made by Elham Ahmad during an online press event. According to the English translation of her remarks, she stated, “There are certain figures from the side of the Israeli state engaged in communications with our side… and if this conversation leads to support, we would be open to support… from any source.”
This development follows recent statements from Israeli officials regarding the situation in Syria. Earlier this month, during confrontations between Syrian government forces and Kurdish forces in Aleppo, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar described the “attacks by the Syrian regime’s forces against the Kurdish minority… are grave and dangerous.”
Saar added that the “systematic and murderous repression of Syria’s various minorities contradicts the promises of a ‘new Syria’.”
