From France urges Israel to withdraw from Syria buffer zone, ‘respect Syria’s sovereignty’
Israel must withdraw forces from the buffer zone separating the Golan Heights from Syrian territory, France’s foreign ministry says.
“Any military deployment in the separation zone between Israel and Syria is a violation of the disengagement agreement of 1974… France calls on Israel to withdraw from the zone and to respect Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” a foreign ministry spokesman says.
Israel has stressed that its presence in the buffer zone is “temporary” following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
