The Arab League has passed a resolution to denounce the Israeli regime over advancement inside Syria buffer zone.
Arab League censures Israeli advancement in Syrian soil
14 Dec 2024 - 12:00
The Arab League has passed a resolution to denounce the Israeli regime over advancement inside Syria buffer zone.
On Friday, the 22-member bloc said Arab countries called on the UN Security Council to hold a session on Israel’s practices against Syria.
The details were released by Egypt’s Foreign Ministry which said the Arab League has held a meeting in Cairo to draft a unified Arab stance toward the regime’s occupation of more Syrian land.
The bloc also called on the international community to force Israel to withdraw from the occupied Golan Heights.
Israel started its push to grab more Syrian land on Sunday after foreign-backed militants led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) announced the fall of President Bashar al-Assad’s government following a rapid two-week onslaught.
Israeli forces seized the so-called buffer zone, which separates the occupied Golan Heights from the rest of Syria, in violation of a 1974 disengagement agreement. The occupation forces have entered several towns in Quneitra, forcibly evacuating residents.
The Arab League resolution condemned the Israeli aggression as a "violation of the disengagement agreement between Israel and Syria in 1974."
It called on the international community to force Israel to abide by UN resolution 497 of 1981 and demanded Israel withdraw from the occupied Golan Heights.
Israeli troops have advanced beyond the so-called buffer zone toward Damascus, with the regime's warplanes conducting hundreds of aerial assaults on Syria.
The Israeli army also launched hundreds of airstrikes against Syrian military bases, air defense stations, intelligence headquarters, and long- and short-range missile depots and unconventional weapon stockpiles across the Arab countries.
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