Syrian Grand Mufti Sheikh Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun has said that Israel continues to blackmail Syria by claiming that they can tell ISIS to stop attacking Damascus if the government make concessions to Israel in return. According to Hassoun, since the outbreak of the foreign-backed militancy, Israel has constantly offered deals to end ISIS’ terror campaign if Syrian officials agree to cut their ties to Hezbollah – indicating that ISIS and Israel are working very closely together. Alalam.ir reports: Since 2011, “we have been receiving unofficial offers to make a deal that would end it: ‘If you announce you would end hostilities against Israel and if you expel the Palestinian resistance from your territory and cut your relations with Hezbollah, we would stop fighting against you.” The grand mufti lashed out at militant groups fighting against the Damascus government, saying they serve the joint Israeli-Western bid to ruin Syria. “While previously it was France and Britain who divided Sham (Greater Syria) according to ‘political borders’, those who hit Sham today are Muslims who lost their mind and decided to prevent it from becoming a starting point for the liberation of al-Quds (Jerusalem),” Hassoun stated. The senior Muslim cleric said the foreign-sponsored Takfiri groups who are [...]