Syrian Foreign Minister Claims Over 1,000 Israeli Attacks in Under Two Years

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shibani announced on Saturday that Israel has conducted over a thousand attacks against Syria in less than two years, resulting in the deaths of dozens of people. He demanded a return to the lines that existed before December 8, 2024. Al-Shibani made these statements during a session on regional security at the 22nd Manama Dialogue conference, as reported by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA). He stated, "Our lands have been subjected to more than a thousand Israeli attacks in less than two years, claiming the lives of dozens. How can the demand for border control and arms limitation be justified while Syrian sovereignty is violated and targeted daily?" He condemned the repeated Israeli attacks and called for a return to the pre-December 8, 2024 lines, advocating for the activation of the 1974 disengagement agreement. Al-Shibani emphasized that the Golan is Syrian territory and cited UN Security Council Resolution 497 as the reference on this matter. The resolution, adopted unanimously on December 17, 1981, declared Israel's imposition of laws on the occupied Syrian Golan null and void and without international legal effect, demanding Israel rescind its decision and affirming the applicability of the Fourth Geneva Convention to the territories occupied since 1967. Since the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime on December 8, 2024, Israel has continued to violate Syrian sovereignty through ground incursions in Quneitra, Daraa, and the Damascus countryside, as well as airstrikes targeting military sites and various areas across the country. Following the regime's collapse, Israel occupied the buffer zone stipulated in the 1974 disengagement agreement, establishing military positions both inside and outside it, a move the United Nations deemed a violation of the agreement.