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Syria and Jordan denounced on Wednesday a field tour conducted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the buffer zone in the country’s south, Anadolu reports. On Wednesday, Netanyahu conducted a field visit to the Israeli-seized buffer zone in southern Syria, along with Defense Minister Israel Katz, Army Chief Eyal Zamir, and Foreign Minister Gideon Saar. In a statement, the Syrian Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the “illegitimate visit” by Netanyahu and Israeli occupation officials as “a grave violation of Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.” “This visit represents a new attempt to impose a fait accompli that contradicts relevant UN Security Council resolutions and falls within the occupation’s policies aimed at entrenching its aggression and continuing its violations of Syrian territory,” […]
