Thursday, December 12, 2024

Türkiye joins regional countries to condemn Israel’s Syria invasion

from Daily Sabah

Türkiye and several other regional countries have condemned an Israeli invasion of Syria in violation of the 1974 Disengagement Agreement.

"We strongly condemn Israel's violation of the 1974 Disengagement Agreement by entering the Israel-Syria zone and its continuing advance into Syrian territory," the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement Tuesday.

Highlighting the critical timing of the incursion, the ministry added: "In this sensitive period, when there is a possibility of achieving the peace and stability that the Syrian people have been longing for many years, Israel is once again displaying its occupier mentality."

The 1974 agreement, brokered to maintain a cease-fire following the Yom Kippur War, was designed to create a buffer zone between Israeli and Syrian forces.

Türkiye’s denunciation came amid heightened tensions in the region, with concerns that the move could undermine efforts for lasting peace and stability in war-torn Syria.

Earlier Monday, Saudi Arabia also condemned Israel's seizure of a U.N.-patrolled buffer zone in the Golan Heights...

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