Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has demanded the complete demilitarization of southern Syria
He also said that Israeli forces — deployed into and beyond the UN buffer zone in the Golan Heights after the Assad regime's fall in December — would remain indefinitely in the seized Syrian territory.
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Netanyahu says he won’t
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Golan Heights, occupied by Israel since 1967
Israel Defense Forces’ presence in Syria, Feb. 25, 2025
Israeli proposed demilitarized zone in southern Syria
20 miles
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Hermon
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UN demilitarized
buffer zone
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Netanyahu says he won’t
allow Syrian troops in the
Quneitra, Daraa and
Suwayda provinces
20 miles
20 km
LEBANON
Golan Heights, occupied by Israel
since 1967
Israel Defense Forces’
presence in Syria, Feb. 25, 2025
Damascus
Mount
Hermon
SYRIA
Israeli proposed demilitarized
zone in southern Syria
UN demilitarized
buffer zone
QUNEITRA
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Netanyahu says he won’t allow
Syrian troops in the Quneitra,
Daraa and Suwayda provinces
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