Syria condemns Israeli attacks at the UN and demands full withdrawal from the occupied territories

Syria on Tuesday condemned the continuing Israeli attacks and demanded Israel’s full withdrawal from all occupied Syrian territories, as Al Jazeera reports. The statement was made by Syria’s ambassador to the United Nations, Ibrahim Olabi, before the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly.

Olabi demanded an “immediate halt” to the attacks, a “full withdrawal from all occupied Syrian territories” and strict respect for the 1974 Disengagement Agreement as well as the relevant UN resolutions. According to him, the continuing attacks “undermine the state’s efforts to restore security and stability and to fight terrorism”.

Meanwhile, Israeli forces advanced on a former military facility in the Quneitra countryside, inside the occupied Golan Heights, according to Al Jazeera’s correspondent on the ground.

The statement comes a day after the Israeli army announced its intention to continue operations in southern Syria, keeping Damascus at the centre of the regional escalation alongside the fronts in Lebanon, Yemen and the Strait of Hormuz.