United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres says that Israel’s incursions into Syrian territory in the occupied Golan Heights “must stop”.
– “Violations by Israel of the 1974 Disengagement of Forces Agreement are unacceptable & must stop”, he wrote on X, referring to the agreement signed between Israel and Syria after the war in 1973.
– “Syria’s sovereignty, independence, unity, and territorial integrity must be fully respected,” he added.
– Guterres is currently in Syria for the first official visit by a UN chief in 17 years.
– Israel has occupied the Syrian Golan Heights since 1967.
– Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz had ordered Israeli forces to complete the takeover of the buffer zone in the Golan Heights after former President Bashar al-Assad was toppled in December 2024.
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