RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has condemned the recent Israeli strikes on several areas in Syria, terming the act as an attempt to destabilise the security and stability of the country in repeated violations of relevant international laws, a foreign ministry statement said on Thursday.
The ministry also expressed the Kingdom’s solidarity with Syria, as a government and people, emphasising the necessity for the international community to assume its responsibilities in halting Israeli actions that destabilise security and stability in the region and to prevent the expansion of the conflict—an issue the Kingdom has repeatedly warned against.
The Israeli army said it conducted air strikes targeting military sites containing weapons in southern Syria on Tuesday, just days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for demilitarising the area.
“Over the past few hours, the IDF (Israeli military) struck military targets in southern Syria including command centres and multiple sites containing weapons,” the army said in a statement, without specifying the exact locations of the strikes.
After the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December, Israel expanded its control over the Syrian Golan Heights by taking over the demilitarised buffer zone, violating the 1974 disengagement agreement with Syria.
Additionally, Israel increased airstrikes targeting Syrian military positions across the country.
Israel’s recent military actions in the Golan Heights, which it has occupied since 1967, have sparked condemnation from the United Nations and several Arab countries.
Assad, who had ruled Syria for nearly 25 years, fled to Russia after anti-regime forces seized control of Damascus on December 8, marking the end of the Baath Party’s rule, which had been in power since 1963.
