Relations between Damascus and Tel Aviv have recently escalated, as Syrian military infrastructure has reportedly been subjected to Israeli airstrikes on numerous occasions.
During a UN Security Council meeting on the Middle East situation, Syria's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Bashar al-Jaafari has once again reiterated Damascus' adherence to the so-called pre-June 1967 line, re-establishing borders from before the Six Day War, stressing that the country's sovereign right on the “occupied” Golan Heights is non-negotiable, and the territory captured by israel should be completely restored.
Israeli MoD: If Syria Uses Russian S-300 Systems Against Israel, We'll Retaliate
According to the UN envoy, some UNSC member-states have opted for a selective approach and the double standards policy, indulging in empty talk about international law, human rights, and the inalienable principles of the UN Charter while, at the same time, they turn a blind eye to the Israeli occupation of the Syrian Golan Heights, al-Jaafari said.
“Where have those states and their talk about counterterrorism and the international humanitarian law been when Syrian citizens were arrested and arbitrarily taken to Israeli jails, just as what happened to Sudqi al-Maqt, who was re-arrested because of his audio and video documentation of the close cooperation between the Israeli occupation forces and the Daesh and Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organizations,”…
