America: Golan Heights are important to Israel's security as long as the regime remains in power in Syria
ARK News.. The US State Department spokesman stressed that control of the Syrian Golan Heights is of vital importance to Israel's security.
During a press conference, Vedant Patel, the US State Department spokesman, said: "The Golan Heights are extremely important and vital to Israel's security, and US policy regarding the Golan Heights has not changed."
Patel added: "As long as the Assad regime remains in power in Syria, as long as Iran and its proxies continue to exist in Syria, as long as Iranian-backed militias continue to exist in Syria, and as long as the Assad regime itself poses a significant security threat to Israel, control of the Golan Heights in practice remains of real importance to Israel's security."
The US State Department spokesman stressed that "US policy regarding the Golan Heights has not changed."
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