Syria Urges the UN Security Council to Take a Firm Stance Against Israeli Airstrikes
The Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday strongly condemned a new series of Israeli air raids targeting sites in Homs and Latakia provinces, describing them as a blatant violation of Syrian sovereignty and a direct threat to regional security and stability. Damascus called on the United Nations Security Council to adopt a decisive position to put an end to these repeated attacks.
In its statement, the ministry expressed Syria’s unequivocal condemnation of the aerial assault carried out by Israeli forces, stressing that it represented a clear breach of international law and the principles of the UN Charter. The ministry underlined that such strikes reflect a desperate attempt to undermine Syria’s security and are part of Israel’s ongoing aggressive escalation against Syrian territory.
Syria reaffirmed its categorical rejection of any attempt to compromise its sovereignty or undermine its national security. The statement urged the international community, particularly the Security Council, to fulfill its legal and moral obligations by condemning the attacks, holding those responsible accountable, and ensuring that such violations are not repeated, in order to safeguard Syria’s territorial integrity and sovereignty.
The state-run news agency SANA reported that Israeli aircraft carried out strikes near the city of Latakia in the northwest, as well as around Homs, though no further details were provided regarding the targets or possible casualties and material damage.
Since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime last December, Israel has intensified its incursions into Syrian territory despite the new administration’s efforts to consolidate security, recover from the aftermath of war, and prioritize economic development. Israel has attempted to justify its repeated strikes by arguing for the creation of a demilitarized zone in southern Syria and by invoking the need to “protect the Druze population” as a rationale for intervention.
In earlier remarks, Syrian Foreign Minister Assad al-Shibani stressed that Damascus does not seek war with Israel and reiterated the importance of implementing the 1974 Disengagement Agreement. That agreement, concluded after the October 1973 war, established a buffer zone on the Golan Heights. However, on December 8, 2024, Israel announced the collapse of the accord and its army occupied the demilitarized zone, large parts of which had already been under Israeli control for decades.
At the end of August, the Israeli military carried out an airborne operation against a military site located about 30 kilometers south of Damascus, an area that had been targeted several times before, according to Syrian state media. While Israel did not officially confirm the raid, Defense Minister Yisrael Katz stated that Israeli forces operate “day and night” wherever deemed necessary to safeguard their country’s security.
In early September, SANA reported that Israeli forces entered the Quneitra region in southern Syria, arresting seven individuals in the town of Jbata al-Khashab in the province’s north after conducting house-to-house searches.
The Disengagement Agreement between Israel and Syria was signed on May 31, 1974, ending the hostilities of the October 1973 war as well as the subsequent period of confrontation along the Syrian front.
