US envoy Tom Barrack walks back on comment that Syria’s Golan is occupied
US envoy to Ankara Tom Barrack has walked back his comments regarding the Israeli occupation of Syria’s Golan Heights.
Barrack concurred on Friday that the Israeli regime forces “still” occupy the Golan Heights in violation of UN resolutions confirming Syria’s sovereignty over the territory.
His remarks went against US President Donald Trump’s position on the matter, who in 2019 recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Syrian territory, reversing the decades-long US policy regarding the Golan Heights.
On Sunday, Barrack followed suit, saying his comments described the territory’s historical status and were “not an endorsement of the United Nations’ position” on the Syrian Golan Heights.
He said that what he meant to say on Friday was that agreements negotiated between countries are more durable than territorial maps.
Barrack said he had cited the Syrian Golan Heights as an example that “territory taken by force remains contested for generations.”
Despite international condemnation, the Israeli regime forces have been illegally occupying Syria’s Golan Heights since 1967.
Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government in December 2024, the Israeli forces’ illegal occupation expansion into the territory in southern Syria has increased.
Following the Syrian government’s collapse, the Tel Aviv regime exploited the security vacuum left in the Arab country, stretching the Israeli military occupation way inside Syrian territory.
The Zionist regime’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared the Golan Heights part of the Israeli entity.
However, Netanyahu’s comments have been met with considerable public condemnation.
The global community sees the illegal Israeli occupation of the Syrian Golan Heights by the Tel Aviv regime forces as a violation of the 1974 ceasefire agreement with Syria and as taking advantage of the chaos in the war-torn nation to seize its territory.
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