Middle Eastern states, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iraq, and Iran, have condemned recent Israeli attempts at land grabs in the Syrian-owned Golan Heights.
Israel, in its largest attack ever, has begun airstrikes on military-incompetent Syria following the fall of the Assad regime.
The Qatari Foreign Ministry said on Monday that Doha considers the Israeli incursion “a dangerous development and a blatant attack on Syria’s sovereignty and unity, as well as a flagrant violation of international law.”
“The policy of imposing a fait accompli pursued by the Israeli occupation, including its attempts to occupy Syrian territories, will lead the region to further violence and tension,” it added.
The Saudi Foreign Ministry also called on the international community to condemn the Israeli actions in the Golan Heights, noting that Israel had occupied the Arab Territory.
Meanwhile, Iraq reiterated similar claims, saying Israel is committing a “grave violation under international law.”
Iran also condemned Israel’s incursion as a “violation” of the law. “This aggression is a flagrant violation of the United Nations charter,” foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said on Monday.
Shortly after the fall of the Assad regime, Israel moved in and seized the buffer zone separating the Golan Heights from Syrian-controlled areas. The Israeli military also warned Syrians living in five villages near the strategic area to “stay home.”
Since 1967, Israel has occupied the Golan and illegally annexed the territory in 1981.
Apart from the Arab Nations, Israel’s recent land grab was also criticised by UN General Secretary Guterres’s spokesman Stephane Dujarric, who said the move constitutes “a violation” of the 1974 disengagement agreement between Israel and Syria.
He said that the Israeli forces that entered the buffer zone were still present in three locations.
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