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Israeli push for 'buffer zone' would endanger Syria
Gulf Today
|December 07, 2025
President Ahmed Al Sharaa warned on Saturday that Israel's demand for a demilitarised zone in southern Syria would endanger his country, as Israeli forces continue to operate in the area.
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Israel sent troops into a UN-patrolled buffer zone which has separated Israeli and Syrian forces on the Golan Heights since 1974.
Israel has also carried out repeated incursions deeper into Syrian territory since then as well as carrying out bombings, and has said it wants a demilitarised zone in the country's south. Sharaa told the Doha Forum that Syria insists on the importance of the 1974 disengagement agreement with Israel "that has held for over 50 years - in one way or another it is a successful agreement."
This story is from the December 07, 2025 edition of Gulf Today.
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