This comes a day after the Syrian Foreign Ministry condemned US President Trump's recent comments on the Golan Heights as “irresponsible”, adding that the Syrian people plan to recover the area through “all available means”.
The israel Defence Forces (IDF) and police are bracing themselves for possible violent protests near the Israeli-Syrian border following US President Donald Trump's move to recognise the Jewish state's sovereignty over the Golan Heights.
“We are preparing for the possibility of tension in the northern Golan Heights,” the IDF said in a statement without elaborating.
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The development comes as the Druze, an Arab minority who practice an offshoot of Islam and live in the Golan Heights, rejected US President Donald Trump's support of Israel's sovereignty over the area.
“Trump can make his statements and say he wants to make the Golan part of israel. But we know this will stay Syrian land”, Sheikh Mahmoud Nazeeh was quoted by the Jerusalem Post as saying.
He was echoed by Amal Safadi, who emphasised that his blood is Syrian and that “if you take a blood test for a child, it will read Syrian”.
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They spoke after the Syrian Foreign Ministry responded to Trump's statement by pledging to recover the Golan Heights by “all available means”.
