![Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd R) visits the peak of Hermon Mount (Jabal al-Sheikh) on the Syrian side of the border after the fall of the Baath regime in Syria on December 17, 2024. [Ma'yan Toaf / Israel GPO - Anadolu Agency]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/AA-20241217-36512533-36512531-NETANYAHU_VISITS_THE_PEAK_OF_HERMON_MOUNT_IN_SYRIA.jpg)
Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait on Thursday condemned a field tour by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to occupied territory in southern Syria as a “blatant violation” of Syria’s sovereignty and international law, Anadolu reports. The Saudi Foreign Ministry denounced “the continued blatant violations by the Israeli occupation in the region,” mostly recently airstrikes in the Gaza Strip and “the violation of the sovereignty of the Syrian Arab Republic’s lands through the deliberate transgression by the Israeli occupation’s Prime Minister and several of his government officials into the border area south of Syria.” At least 25 Palestinians were killed and over 70 others injured in airstrikes in Gaza on Wednesday, in the latest violation of a ceasefire agreement. The ministry […]
