Syria condemns Israel's refusal to withdraw from occupied Golan

Syria condemned on Tuesday Israel's rejection to withdraw from occupied Golan, asserting Syria's right to restore and liberate Golan.

Information Minister Mehdi Dakhlallah condemned in a statement today Israeli prime Minister statements in which he rejected any peace negotiations with Syria as well the withdrawal from occupied Golan of Syria.

"Nobody has ever imagined that Israel will end its occupation of Golan willingly, but it always directed its stances and policies towards more occupation of Arab lands as long as it can," Dakhlallah said in statement.

He added that "despite of the international community and the UN Security Council's rejection of Israel's decision to annex the Golan and consider it as null and void; Israel is continuing its occupation of it, violating rights of its citizens, and ignoring all UN resolutions and the international Humanitarian law."

The minister asserted that "the Golan is a Syrian Arab land and this is a fact that will not be changed by Israeli officials statements that did not stop to express their aggressive intentions and exploitation of any chance to cling to the occupation."

Dakhlallah underlined that "Syrians are committed to their right of restoring Golan and liberating it because all the homeland cannot be divided."