Syrian rebel leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, better known as Abu Mohammed Jolani, said on Saturday that he is not interested in engaging in new conflicts, despite Israel's seizure of a buffer zone in the occupied Golan Heights and its air force pummelling Syrian military positions with air strikes.

In a post on Telegram, Jolani said that Israel's actions had "clearly crossed the disengagement line in Syria, which threatens a new unjustified escalation in the region".

But, he added that “the general exhaustion in Syria after years of war and conflict does not allow us to enter new conflicts”.