Syrian regime asks the UN Security Council to hold an urgent meeting on the US decision to recognise the occupied Golan Heights as Israeli territory
Syrian regime's mission to the UN has asked the council presidency to schedule an urgent meeting to"discuss the situation in the occupied Syrian Golan" after US decision to recognise the strategic plateau as Israeli territory.
US President Donald Trump signed a proclamation Monday in which the United States recognised Israel's annexation of the strategic plateau, despite UN resolutions that call for Israel's withdrawal from the Golan.
The council is scheduled to discuss the latest crisis on Wednesday during a meeting on renewing the mandate of the UN peacekeeping force deployed between Israel and Syria in the Golan, known as UNDOF.The head of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement, a key regime ally, called for resistance against the US decision.
Five European countries with seats on the council earlier rejected Trump's decision and voiced concern that the US move would have broad consequences in the Middle East. US Acting Ambassador Jonathan Cohen told a council meeting on the Middle East that Washington had made the decision to stand up to Syrian regime leader Bashar al Assad and Iran.
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