Tehran and Damascus have repeatedly rejected allegations about Iran's military presence in Syria, pointing out that the Islamic Republic only sent military advisors in order to help the Arab country fight against Islamist extremism.
US Republican Congressman Ron DeSantis has suggested that Iran's alleged involvement in Syria's conflict may add to Washington recognizing Israel's annexation of the Golan Heights “as buffer to that conflict.”
DeSantis claimed that the move would promote US and Israeli security interests in the face of Iranian and Russian forces' support of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
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He pledged to build up a public case for Washington's recognition of Israel's sovereignty in the Golan Heights, something that DeSantis said should be endorsed by President Trump.
“The [US] President is somebody who, if he thinks it is the right thing to do, is going to do it. So I think it is probably better to try to get executive recognition [by Trump] than to try to work legislation through Congress. We can do a ‘Sense of Congress' [resolution], but it is not binding on the president,” DeSantis pointed out.
Congressman Stephen Lynch, the House national security subcommittee's senior Democratic member, in contrast, warned of far-reaching consequences if the US recognizes Israel's sovereignty in the disputed territory.
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