DAMASCUS, Syria, March 28 (NNN-SANA) – The Syrian Foreign Ministry, urged the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, to publicly denounce U.S. President, Donald Trump’s recognition of Israel’s sovereignty over the Syrian Golan Heights.
Trump’s decision denies the rights of the Syrians in the Golan Heights, which were protected by international law, and turns a blind eye to the “flagrant violations” of human rights, committed by the Israelis against the legitimate residents of Golan Heights, the ministry said.
Israel seized the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed it in the 1980’s, but the international community has never recognised the move.
Recognising Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights has been a recent demand by Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
The move came, months after the Trump administration moved the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.– NNN-SANA
