Syria slams Trump, vows to recover Israeli-occupied Golan Heights | World News, The Indian Express

Syria slams Trump, vows to recover Israeli-occupied Golan Heights | World News, The Indian Express

By Reuters |Beirut |Published: March 22, 2019 12:31:03 pm

Syria slams Trump, vows to recover Israeli-occupied Golan Heights

Trump said on Thursday it was time to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights that Israel seized from Syria in 1967, marking a dramatic shift in US policy and giving a boost to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the middle of his re-election campaign.

Members of the Druze community holds Syrian and Druze flags as they sit facing Syria, during a rally marking the anniversary of Israel’s annexation of the Golan Heights in the Druze village of Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. (REUTERS)

The Syrian government condemned on Friday US President Donald Trump’s statement that it was time to recognise Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights and said Syria was determined to recover the area “through all available means”.