The Arab Parliament on December 14urged international action to end Israel’s grab of Syrian territories.It came during a speech while presiding over a parliamentary session at the headquarters of the Arab League’s General Secretariat in Cairo, according to a statement by the Arab Parliament, reports Anadolu Agency.
Regarding recent developments in Syria, Muhammad Al-Yamahi, the president of the Arab Parliament, urged all Syrian parties to “preserve state institutions, prioritise the country’s supreme interests, and adopt wisdom and dialogue in addressing the requirements of this critical phase in their nation’s history.”
Al-Yamahi encouraged the international community, particularly the UN Security Council, to “take immediate and urgent action to condemn and halt the violations committed by the occupying entity, exploiting the situation in Syria to seize more Syrian territories.”
Taking advantage of the ousting of the Assad regime, Israel has intensified airstrikes in recent days, targeting military sites in blatant violation of Syria’s sovereignty.
Israel also announced the collapse of a 1974 disengagement agreement with Syria and the deployment of its army in the demilitarised zone of the Golan Heights, most of which it has occupied since 1967 – a move condemned by the UN and Arab countries.
Regarding the situation in Palestine, Al-Yamahi denounced “the international community’s failure to act to save the Palestinian people, who have been subjected to daily genocide and massacres for over a year and two months, the likes of which history has never seen.”