Syria condemns Israel's 'violations' of its sovereignty
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Syria accused Israel of violating its territorial
integrity by seizing the peak of Mount Hermon and using the strategic point to
launch "incursions" on Syrian villages near the buffer zone.
Syria on Sunday condemned Israel’s continued “violations” of Syrian territory, Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), Syria’s official news agency, reported.
...Syrian media outlets frequently accuse Israel of carrying out raids inside Syrian villages and shelling them near the buffer zone. There have been more than 1,300 Israeli “incursions,” including 280 in September, Syrian news site Levant24 recently reported.
Israeli officials over the past year have accused the Syrian government of being “jihadists” and predicted that Israel and Turkey will clash over Syria. (Read More)
Senior Researcher Brad Myers Comments,
It is very interesting that Israeli officials, over the
past year, have accused the Syrian government of being "jihadists."
In the future, will there be a devastating war between Syria and Israel that results in the city of Damascus becoming a fallen ruin, as foretold in Isaiah 17:1?
There are a number of well-respected Bible prophecy teachers who strongly believe that Isaiah 17:1 was completely fulfilled when the Assyrian king Tiglath-Pileser III attacked and captured the city of Damascus in 732 BC. Are they really correct in their interpretation of what the biblical text actually says in Isaiah 17:1?"
The following selected quotes are taken from Dr. Bill Salus's book, The Future War Prophecies, pages 209 and 215–217:
"Isaiah 17:1 predicts that Damascus will be utterly destroyed as a city someday. The literal interpretation of the verse reads that the city will be reduced to a ruinous heap of rubble. Damascus is thought to be one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in history, dating back over four thousand years ago to the time of the Hebrew patriarch Abraham. It is the capital city of Syria.
The oracle concerning Damascus. “Behold, Damascus is about to be removed from being a city And will become a fallen ruin.” (Isaiah 17:1, NASB 1995)
...Here are two separate historical accounts that seem to be very strong evidence that the city of Damascus WAS NOT removed from being a city and became a heap of ruins when the Assyrians attacked in 732 B.C.
Tyndale Bible Dictionary, page 346:
"The Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser III ("Pul") agreed and marched against the Syro- Israelite confederation. After defeating Israel, he attacked Damascus, plundered the city, deported the population, and replaced them with foreigners from other captured lands. Damascus was no longer an independent city-state. Due to its key location, Damascus remained important, and the Assyrians used the city as a provincial capital."
The biblical text in Isaiah 17:1 is clearly saying Damascus is about to be removed from being a city and will become a fallen ruin.This seems to suggest strongly that the city of Damascus is removed from being a city because of the utter devastation that results in the city becoming a fallen ruin.
Since this is the case it does not seem to make sense that the Assyrians deported the population and replaced them with foreigners in a city that has been reduced to ruins. In addition, how can the Assyrians use the city of Damascus as a provincial capital when it is a fallen ruin? Most importantly, there is no historical evidence that the Assyrians in 732 B.C. had to totally rebuild the city of Damascus after it had become a fallen ruin before moving in people to live there again.
In this second historical account, George Smith who worked in the Assyriology Department of the British Museum and a world-renowned expert on the history of the Assyrians authored a book in 1876 entitled, “Ancient History from the Monuments: Assyria from the Earliest Times to the Fall of Nineveh” explains on pages 87-88 what took place historically to the city of Damascus.
"Tiglath-Pileser now led his army to Damascus, after crucifying the captains of the Syrian army who had fallen into his hand and closely invested the Syrian capital. Tiglath- Pileser tells us that he shut up Rezon in Damascus like a caged bird, and cut down all the fine forests around the city for use in the siege, not leaving a single tree near the capital. Several places round were spoiled, and sixteen districts of Damascus were destroyed like a flood …591 cities were captured and spoiled, and the whole of the kingdom of Rezon subdued Damascus, however held out, and could only be reduced by famine, so leaving part of his army before the city, Tiglath-Pileser marched against the other rebels."
Notice that the famous historian on the history of the Assyrians said,";sixteen districts of Damascus were destroyed like a flood ... DAMASCUS HOWEVER HELD OUT, and could ONLY BE REDUCED BY FAMINE." He is obviously saying that the sixteen districts of Damascus that were destroyed like a flood are not what took place to the actual capital city of Damascus and this would also mean that the city of Damascus was not destroyed like the ruins from the flood either."
Syria condemns Israel's 'violations' of its sovereignty
Syria condemns Israel's 'violations' of its sovereignty
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