Syria interim president accuses Israel of fighting ‘ghosts’ and exporting crises

Sharaa told a conference in Doha that Syria had respected a disengagement agreement with Israel ‘that has held for over 50 years’. Photograph: Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters

Syria’s interim president has accused Israel of fighting “ghosts” and exporting its crises to other countries after the war in Gaza.

President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s comments come amid persistent airstrikes and incursions by the Israeli military into southern Syria.