Syria: UN chief calls for urgent de-escalation by Israeli forces, withdrawal from Golan buffer zone

In a

issued on Thursday, António Guterres said he was “deeply concerned by the recent and extensive violations of Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.”

Airstrikes, incursions

Since the de facto authorities of the HTS armed group took control of Damascus on Sunday, Israeli forces reportedly took over an abandoned Syrian military post overlooking the city in the Golan border region and other parts of the…