Netanyahu orders Israeli army to seize buffer zone in Syria – World
The Israeli prime minister called the overthrow of the Assad regime “a historic day.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered Israeli forces to capture areas of Syria in the buffer zone of the Golan Heights.
This is reported by Sky News.
Benjamin Netanyahu said the 1974 disengagement agreement with Syria had “fallen apart” so he “ordered [військовим] capture the buffer zone and command positions nearby.”
“We will not allow any hostile force to gain a foothold on our border,” he said.
Israel has occupied the Golan Heights since 1967, and since then the area has been a buffer zone.
At the same time, the Israeli prime minister called the overthrow of the Assad regime “a historic day.”
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was supported by Iran, Israel's main enemy in the region.
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