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Syria slams Trump statement on Israel sovereignty in Golan

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Syria slams Trump statement on Israel sovereignty in Golan on WTOP| DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria has condemned President Donald Trump abrupt declaration that Washington will recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the disputed Golan Heights, calling the statement “irresponsible.” A Foreign Ministry…
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria slammed President Donald Trump’s abrupt declaration that Washington will recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, saying Friday the statement was “irresponsible” and a threat to international peace and stability.
The Foreign Ministry in Damascus said Trump’s comments confirm “the blind bias of the United States to the Zionist entity,” referring to Israel, and added that Trump’s statement won’t change “the fact that the Golan was and will remain Arab and Syrian.”
The ministry also said Damascus is now more intent on liberating the Golan, “using every possible means.”
Trump’s announcement the day before was a major shift in American policy and gives Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a political boost a month before what is expected to be a close election.
The administration has been considering recognizing Israel’s sovereignty over the strategic highlands, which Israel captured from Syria in 1967, for some time and Netanyahu had pressed the matter with visiting Secretary of State Mike Pompeo this week.

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