Syria has recently complained to UNESCO over Israeli archeological digging operations in the village of Bir Ajam in al-Quneitra province. In response, UNESCO demanded an explanation from Israel about the content of the complaint, according to a report by al-Mayadeen TV website. 

In a statement to almayadeen.net, Director-General of Syrian Antiquities and Museums (GDAM) Mamoun Abdul Karim stressed that Israel was certainly involved in stealing Syrian antiquities and facilitating their smuggling. He also affirmed that the Zionist occupation was obsessed with archeological digging to falsify History.

According to Abdul Karim, some areas in Syria's southern provinces of Daraa and Quneitra are under the control of Israeli-backed armed groups, specifically in Bir Ajam village. These armed groups has formed excavation teams affiliated to Israeli antiquities smugglers to loot, sabotage and smuggle the Syrian antiquities to be sold aborad.

"some areas have become open for thieves, thugs and antiquities mafia" said Abdul Karim, adding that the armed groups have played a direct role in stealing and sabotaging Syrian antiquities.

OCCUPIED GOLAN, (ST)- People of the occupied Syrian Golan have condemned the flagrant support provided by the Israeli occupation to the terrorist groups in their aggression on some towns and villages in Quneitra countryside.

Local sources told SANA correspondent that "the people of occupied Golan took to the streets late on Sunday to show their condemnation of the Israeli support for the terrorists' attacks on safe areas in the countryside of Quneitra."

The locals reiterated their rejection to such a blatant interference by the Israeli enemy, noting that the occupation force keep transferring injured terrorists to Israeli hospitals.

OCCUPIED SYRIAN GOLAN, (ST)- the Israeli occupation authorities on Sunday released Syrian detainee Bashira Mahmoud who was arrested almost a year ago for her participation in intercepting an Israeli ambulance carrying wounded Jabhat al-Nursa terrorists for medical treatment in Israeli hospitals.

Occupied Syrian Golan– People of occupied Syrian Golan stressed steadfastness against the Israeli occupation and its brutal exercises, underlining that only the will of the Syrians and their sacrifices will defeat terrorism, SANA reported.

The 26th of June, 1974 marks a day of pride for Syrians across the country on which the Israeli occupation of the southern city of Quneitra was brought to an end.

QUNEITRA, (ST)- The Israeli occupation authorities on Sunday prevented people of the occupied Syrian Golan from visiting their sons and relatives imprisoned and detained in the Israeli jails.

The Israeli occupation behavior is a further proof that the occupation keeps violating the rights of the people in the occupied Syrian Golan.