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He accused Israel of seeking to destabilize Syria since December 2024, when the Assad regime was toppled, through attacks on infrastructure and the occupation of additional Syrian territory. The minister also accused Israeli forces of forcibly displacing Syrians and carrying out arbitrary arrests, saying the fate of dozens of Syrian detainees remains unknown.
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Al-Shaibani called on the international community to halt Israeli actions that he said threaten to plunge the region into chaos. He also urged a return to the 1974 disengagement agreement, allowing UN forces to implement it.
The Syrian foreign minister called on Israel to engage seriously in US-sponsored negotiations, which he said had been underway for a year and a half. He stressed Damascus’ commitment to reaching an agreement that respects Syria’s security and sovereignty.
Israel has occupied most of Syria’s Golan Heights since 1967. Following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, Israeli forces seized the demilitarized buffer zone and expanded their presence in southern Syria. The 1974 disengagement agreement established a UN-monitored buffer zone between Syrian and Israeli forces.
Syria and Israel have held several rounds of US-mediated talks aimed at reducing tensions, halting Israeli military operations and reaching a security agreement. In August, Syrian and Israeli delegations met in Jordan under US mediation to discuss measures to halt Israeli attacks, arrests and military operations, as well as the withdrawal of Israeli forces to positions held before December 2024.[]
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