Syrian FM meets UN Commander on Israeli violations in occupied Golan

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Agencies
31 Jan 2024 15:58

The meeting has taken place against the backdrop of ongoing Israeli violations of the 'Israel'-Syria Disengagement Agreement from 1974.

Syrian Foreign Minister meets Major General Nirmal Kumar Thapa, the Commander of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force in the Occupied Golan (UNDOF). (SANA)

Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal al-Miqdad met with Major General Nirmal Kumar Thapa, the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) commander, in the occupied Golan Heights. This meeting occurred amidst ongoing Israeli violations of the 'Israel'-Syria Disengagement Agreement (1974).

This comes shortly after Israeli artillery shells targeted al-Yarmouk Valley in the western countryside of Daraa on Tuesday night.

On Monday, Israeli occupation fighter jets launched airstrikes against the Syrian capital of Damascus from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan Heights.

At the time, the Israeli aggression targeted several points south of Damascus resulting in the martyrdom and injury of several individuals and injuries to civilians, in addition to material losses.

The Iranian Tasnim agency pointed out that the Israeli aggression in the area of Sayyeda Zainab in Damascus "targeted an Iranian advisory center," adding that "several were reportedly martyred and injured."

Syria calls on intl. community to stop Israeli attacks on civilians

Last week, Syria urged the international community to stop Israeli attacks on civilians, the Syrian Foreign Ministry said in a statement following an Israeli airstrike on Damascus which killed at least five people.

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) announced in a statement on January 20 that five Iranian military advisors were killed in the Israeli aggression on Damascus. At the time, Iranian media reported that the IRGC's intelligence advisor in Syria and his assistant were killed in the Israeli airstrike.

Senior IRGC commander Seyyed Razi Mousavi was martyred in an Israeli airstrike on Damascus on December 25, 2023. Mousavi was martyred after the Israeli occupation launched three missiles at his location in the suburbs of Damascus.