Syria calls on UN Security Council to push for Israel's withdrawal from territory

Syria’s foreign minister calls on the UN Security Council to “pressure” Israel to withdraw from its territory following the toppling of strongman Bashar al-Assad.

“We have repeatedly announced our commitment that Syria will not constitute any threat to any of the neighboring countries or any country around the world, including to Israel,” Assaad al-Chaibani says in his first address at UN headquarters in New York.

Israel has launched airstrikes and ground incursions to keep Syrian forces away from its border since Assad’s ouster in December. Officials deeply mistrust the nation’s new Islamist regime, led by former jihadis.

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Syria calls on UN Security Council to push for Israel’s withdrawal from territory

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