00:00First of all, Druid's leaders said that they have reached a ceasefire with the Syrian government.
00:05Do you believe this truce will hold? What are the risks if this collapses again?
00:09Because Tuesday we saw a ceasefire that only lasted a matter of hours.
00:13That is good news if it lasts.
00:17Yesterday was another example of a truce being announced but not respected.
00:22I hope, as all Syrians will be hoping, that this agreement, this ceasefire, will be lasting this time.
00:31Because Syria cannot bear another bout of fighting that we've seen examples of in the last few days.
00:42It has its many problems of recovery, of healing the wounds of 12 years of civil conflict.
00:52It does not need another conflict like the one that could have spread from the battles last night and the nights before.
01:04Okay, yes. Israel has now launched multiple strikes on both Sweden and on Damascus as well, including direct hits on the military headquarters of Syria.
01:13So how significant is this escalation?
01:16What message do you think Israel is actually trying to send to both the Syrian regime and to the Druid's community likewise?
01:21Well, Israel is being, of course, enthralled to a policy that is adopted now for many, many months, if not years.
01:33And that is bombing its way to some kind of regional hegemony, if you like, and spreading death and destruction as it does so.
01:45What it's doing in Syria is very dangerous, very risky, and threatens the very fabric of Syrian stability, which is very important, not just for Syria itself, but for the region as a whole.
02:00So Syria must be held to account for this policy that is following, and which I say and I repeat is a policy that seems to be adopted all over the region, not just in terms of the conflict in Syria.
