While the Syrian government and the international community are working to consolidate stability in the Middle East, Israel persists in undermining it, Alabi stated during a Security Council session dedicated to examining the report of the mission that visited Syria and Lebanon.

According to the Syria TV website, the Syrian diplomat denounced Israel for violating international law and Security Council resolutions while Damascus respects them.

Alabi emphasized the need for Syrian security forces to be present on the border with Israel to reinforce state control over that area.

In that context, he noted that the security situation in Syria has improved significantly and that more than three million refugees and displaced persons returned to their homes after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government on December 8, 2014.

Since 1967, Israel has maintained control of the main water resources in southern Syria following the occupation of the Golan Heights, a strategic plateau rich in freshwater.

From the end of 2014 to the present, Tel Aviv’s military actions against Syrian territory have intensified as part of a campaign launched in 2018 under the pretext of combating the presence of Iran and allied militias.

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