Paris witnessed protests against Netenyahu’s statement on south Syria

PARIS, Mar.1, (ST), The French capital, Paris, has witnessed a protest against the recent Israeli statements on south Syria.

The protesters held banners rejecting interference in Syria’s internal affairs and denouncing the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s call for the demilitarization of southern Syria

Last Tuesday, Netanyahu said that the military will remain in southern Syria for the foreseeable future.

“In Syria, Israeli forces will remain stationed at the summit of Mount Hermon,” referring to Jabal al-Sheikh in the occupied Golan Heights.

“In the adjacent buffer zone, we will stay for the foreseeable future. We will not allow the presence of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham or any new Syrian military forces south of Damascus,” he said via satellite at a Washington conference hosted by the pro-Israel lobbying group, AIPAC.

Netanyahu further declared that “southern Syria will be a demilitarized zone.”

Basma Qaddour