Mon. Dec 2nd, 2024

UN Concerned Syrian War Spilling Over Into Golan Region

Golan Heights area

The United Nations Security Council voiced concern on Wednesday about repeated violations of the cease-fire line between Syria and the Israeli Golan Heights, and the danger to U.N. peacekeepers there due to the escalating Syrian civil war.

The armed struggle between rebels and forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has posed increasing difficulties for the 1,000-strong U.N. Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF). U.N. peacekeepers monitoring the line halted patrols this month after rebels held 21 Filipino observers captive for three days.

“The members of the Security Council expressed grave concern at all violations of the Disengagement of Forces Agreement,” the council said, adding that it also voiced “grave concern at the presence of the Syrian Arab Republic Armed Forces inside the area of separation.”

UNDOF has the task of monitoring an “area of separation” between Syrian and Israeli forces, a narrow strip of land running 45 miles (70 kilometers) from Mount Hermon on the Lebanese border to the Yarmouk River frontier with Jordan.

In its statement, the council also “expressed grave concern at the presence of armed members of the opposition in the area of separation.”

The council “called on all parties, including armed elements of the Syrian opposition, to respect UNDOF’s freedom of movement and the safety and security of its personnel, while recalling that the primary responsibility for safety and security … rests with the Syrian government.”

Israel captured the Golan plateau from Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War.

The capture of the 21 peacekeepers this month was the latest challenge for the U.N. force, comprising troops from the Philippines, India, Croatia and Austria.

Japan said it was withdrawing soldiers from UNDOF three months ago in response to the violence in Syria. Croatia said last month it would also pull out its troops as a precaution after reports that Croatian arms had been shipped to Syrian rebels. Croatia denied the reports.

Israel said earlier this month that it could not be expected to stand idle as Syria’s civil war, in which tens of thousands of people have been killed, spilled over into the Golan Heights.

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