Riyadh has condemned the incursion into the Golan Heights demilitarized buffer zone
By broadening its navy occupation of Syrian territory Israel is making an attempt to undermine the possibilities to revive stability within the civil war-plagued nation, Saudi Arabia has stated.
The Israeli troops moved deeper into Syrian territory over the weekend, seizing the demilitarized buffer zone established after the 1973 Yom Kippur Conflict, shortly after Damascus fell to a coalition of armed opposition forces led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). The DMZ is adjoining to Syria’s Golan Heights, which have been illegally occupied by Israel for the reason that 1967 Six-Day Conflict.
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) reportedly carried out airstrikes in Syria on Sunday, with the bombings persevering with all through Monday and early Tuesday morning.
Israel’s actions show the “continued violation of the foundations of worldwide legislation and its willpower to sabotage Syria’s probabilities of restoring its safety, stability and territorial integrity,” the Saudi Overseas Ministry stated in a press release on Monday.
Iraq and Qatar additionally condemned East Jerusalem, with the Iraqi Overseas Ministry urging the UN Safety Council to sentence the “aggression” towards Syria. Qusay al-Dahhak, Syria’s envoy to the UN, requested the worldwide group to “put an finish to Israeli assaults on Syria and to not enable Israel to learn from the transition the Syrians are doing within the nation.”
In his letter to the Safety Council, Israeli envoy, Danny Danon, stated that on Saturday unspecified “armed teams” attacked UN peacekeepers stationed on the 1973 ceasefire line.
“In response to this evolving safety risk and the hazard posed by it to Israel – notably to the residents of the Golan Heights – Israel has taken restricted and non permanent measures to counter any additional risk to its residents,” Danon wrote.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu introduced earlier that he had issued an order to the IDF to guarantee that “no hostile pressure embeds itself proper subsequent to the border of Israel.” He described the IDF’s advances as “a brief defensive place till an acceptable association is discovered.”
Syrian opposition forces launched a lightning offensive late final month, capturing Damascus and toppling President Bashar Assad on Sunday. In line with the Russian Overseas Ministry, Assad agreed to step down after holding negotiations with unspecified armed teams and has left Syria. He reportedly arrived in Moscow along with his household.
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