Syria - سوريا

Issued by the Syrian Independent Public Interest Media Organizations: Al-Jumhuriya, ARTA, Enab Baladi, ROZANA

Petition to the UN Secretary General on behalf of the newly formed Syrian government:

Date: December 9, 2024

To the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the President of the Security Council

On instructions from my Government, I would like to convey to you the following:

At a time when the Syrian Arab Republic is witnessing a new phase in its history in which its people aspire to a state of freedom, equality, social justice, the rule of law, peace and stability, the Israeli occupation army has escalated its ongoing aggression on the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic, in Jil al-Sheikh and Quneitra Governorate, causing damage to property and lives, and is still ongoing, targeting a number of civilian and military sites within Syrian territory.

The Syrian Arab Republic condemns in the strongest terms this Israeli aggression, which represents a serious violation of the 1974 Disengagement Agreement, which was confirmed in Security Council Resolution No. 350 of 1974. It also constitutes a violation of the sovereignty of the Syrian Arab Republic, the unity and integrity of its territories, and contradicts the principles and Charter of the United Nations, the provisions of international law, and Security Council Resolutions 242, 338, and 497.

Syria renews its call on the United Nations and the Security Council to assume their responsibilities and take firm measures to compel Israel to immediately cease its ongoing attacks on Syrian territory, ensure that they are not repeated, and withdraw immediately according to the areas agreed upon in the Disengagement Agreement, and fully abide by the Disengagement Agreement and the mandate of the UNDOF.

I hope that this letter will be issued and circulated as a document of the Security Council and the 79th session of the General Assembly, within the framework of item No. 34 of its agenda entitled "The situation in the Middle East".

Permanent Representative
Ambassador
Qusai Al-Da7ak

https://x.com/mqudsi/status/1867639833180484011

archive.org. This archive doesn't load everything so I've added screenshots of the article in the comments.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/27982892

The BBC speaks to men released from Saydnaya prison - a place known as the "human slaughterhouse".

Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20241214061228/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4784vn4jdo

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