Israeli prime minister says he expects Syria ‘to establish demilitarized buffer zone up to Golan’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Israel expects Syria to establish a demilitarized buffer zone from Damascus to the occupied Golan Heights, Anadolu reports. Netanyahu made the remarks after visiting Israeli soldiers who were wounded by gunfire in southern Syria during an Israeli incursion into the Beit Jinn area, which killed 13 Syrians, according to a statement by Netanyahu’s office. “The expectation from Syria is to establish a demilitarized buffer zone from Damascus to the buffer zone, including of course the approaches to Mount Hermon (Jabal al-Sheikh) and the Hermon peak.” He claimed that Israel would hold these territories “to ensure the security of Israeli citizens, and that is what obligates us,” referring to Israel’s seizure of the […]