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In a high-profile interview at the Doha Forum, Syria's interim president, Ahmed Al-Sharaa, delivered a sharp condemnation of Israel, accusing it of "exporting crises" and pursuing a military campaign against fabricated threats.  Speaking with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, Al-Sharaa demanded that Israel withdraw from territories occupied in the past year and fully reinstate the 1974 deconfliction agreement that had maintained a fragile calm for five decades. The Core Accusation: A "Fight Against Ghosts" Al-Sharaa argued that Israel is using broad security pretexts to justify aggression across the region. “Israel has become a country that is in a fight against ghosts,” he stated, suggesting that Israeli leaders exploit the trauma of past attacks to legitimize military actions in neighboring countries like Syria. He framed these actions as an attempt to divert international attention from the conflict in Gaza. A Year of Escalation and Occupatio...