UN chief Antonio Guterres is "deeply concerned" over "extensive violations" of Syrian sovereignty, and by Israeli strikes on the country, his spokesman said Thursday.
Guterres "is deeply concerned by the recent and extensive violations of Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity. The Secretary-General is particularly concerned over the hundreds of Israeli airstrikes on several locations in Syria," Stephane Dujarric said in a statement.
He stressed "the urgent need to de-escalate violence on all fronts, throughout Syria," following hundreds of Israeli strikes against Syrian military assets in the past days.
Israel claims to have targeted everything from chemical weapons stores to air defenses to keep them out of rebel hands.
Since president Basher al-Assad's ouster, Israel, which borders Syria, has sent troops into a buffer zone on the east of the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, in a move the UN has said violates a 1974 armistice.
Guterres urges "the parties to the Agreement to uphold their obligations under this instrument, including by ending all unauthorized presence in the area of separation and refraining from any action that would undermine the ceasefire and stability in Golan," Dujarric said.
With AFP
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