Israel Calls for Demilitarized Buffer Zone Extending from Damascus to Existing Buffer Area

ARK News.. Israel has called for the establishment of a broader demilitarized buffer zone beyond the current separation area, reaffirming its commitment to defending its northern borders and rejecting the presence or deployment of any armed groups near its frontiers.

According to Anadolu Agency, Israel’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Danny Danon, urged the creation of a demilitarized zone stretching from the Syrian capital Damascus to the existing buffer zone.

Danon stated that Israel will not allow Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, or any other groups to redeploy or maintain a presence along its northern border.

He stressed that Israel will continue to defend its northern borders and will not permit what he described as “terrorists and armed groups” to operate near Israeli territory.

Meanwhile, Syria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ibrahim Ulabi, said during a UN Security Council meeting—held to hear a briefing from a delegation that recently visited Syria and Lebanon—that Damascus remains committed to the 1974 Disengagement Agreement with Israel.

Ulabi accused Israel of continuing to violate the agreement, despite Syria’s adherence to its provisions.

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