DOHA: Syrian interim President Ahmed Al-Sharaa said Saturday that Israel seeking a demilitarized zone in his country’s south put Syria in a dangerous position, as Israeli forces keep up operations in the area.
Syria has insisted on respecting a 1974 disengagement agreement with Israel “that has held for over 50 years — in one way or another it is a successful agreement,” Sharaa told the Doha Forum, adding that tampering with the deal “and seeking other agreements such as a demilitarised zone... could lead us to a dangerous place.”
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Sharaa says Israeli insistence on demilitarised south puts Syria in ‘dangerous’ position
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Sharaa says Israeli insistence on demilitarised south puts Syria in ‘dangerous’ position
- Al-Sharaa said that Israel seeking a demilitarized zone in his country’s south put Syria in a dangerous position
Hamas says will give up arms to a Palestinian authority ‘if occupation ends’
- “We accept the deployment of UN forces as a separation force, tasked with monitoring the borders and ensuring compliance with the ceasefire in Gaza,” Hayya says
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: Hamas said Saturday it was ready to hand over its weapons in the Gaza Strip to a Palestinian authority governing the territory on the condition that the Israeli army’s occupation ends.
“Our weapons are linked to the existence of the occupation and the aggression,” Hamas chief negotiator and its Gaza chief Khalil Al-Hayya said in a statement, adding: “If the occupation ends, these weapons will be placed under the authority of the state.” Asked by AFP, Hayya’s bureau said he was referring to a sovereign and independent Palestnian state.
“We accept the deployment of UN forces as a separation force, tasked with monitoring the borders and ensuring compliance with the ceasefire in Gaza,” Hayya added, signalling his group’s rejection of the deployment of an international force in the Strip whose mission would be to disarm it.
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