Syria urges UN Security Council to take ‘decisive steps� following Israeli incursion in Damascus countryside
1 killed, 7 abducted in Israeli incursion in southwestern Syria
Damascu, Syria
ISTANBUL
Syria on Thursday condemned the Israeli incursion into the town of Beit Jinn in the Damascus countryside and called on the UN Security Council to take “decisive steps” to stop repeated Israeli aggressions.
The statement by the Syrian Foreign Ministry came hours after authorities announced that one civilian was killed and seven others were abducted during an Israeli raid on Beit Jinn.
The Foreign Ministry called on the international community, especially the UN Security Council, “to take decisive steps to halt those repeated attacks and ensure respect for international law, in order to preserve regional security and stability.”
“That escalation represents a clear violation of international law and relevant Security Council resolutions, including the 1974 Disengagement Agreement,” added the ministry.
The statement added that Syria affirmed that “those provocative actions hinder efforts to achieve stability and reconstruction,” and called on the United Nations Development Program (UNDOF) to assume its responsibilities.
UNDOF was established by a UN Security Council resolution in 1974 to monitor the disengagement of forces in the Golan Heights, which has been occupied by Israel since the June 1967 war.
On June 4, Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani said that Damascus does not seek war with Israel, reiterating Syria’s call for the implementation of the 1974 Disengagement Agreement.
Following the ouster of the Bashar al-Assad regime in late 2024, Israel intensified its air campaign in Syria, targeting military sites, vehicles, and ammunition depots, killing dozens of civilians. It also seized control of the buffer zone in the occupied Golan Heights and declared the collapse of the 1974 Disengagement Agreement between the two sides.
Assad, Syria’s leader for nearly 25 years, fled to Russia in December, ending the Baath Party’s regime, which had been in power since 1963.�
Ahmad Al-Sharaa, who led anti-regime forces to oust Assad, was declared president for a transitional period in January.
