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Russia Says Israeli Action in Syria Violates Pact that Ended Yom Kippur War

Israeli planes fly over Syria, as seen from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, December 9, 2024. REUTERS/Ammar Awad Purchase Licensing Rights
Israeli planes fly over Syria, as seen from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, December 9, 2024. REUTERS/Ammar Awad Purchase Licensing Rights
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Russia Says Israeli Action in Syria Violates Pact that Ended Yom Kippur War

Israeli planes fly over Syria, as seen from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, December 9, 2024. REUTERS/Ammar Awad Purchase Licensing Rights
Israeli planes fly over Syria, as seen from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, December 9, 2024. REUTERS/Ammar Awad Purchase Licensing Rights

Israeli action in Syria violates a 1974 treaty between Israel and Syria that ended the Yom Kippur war, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday, calling Israeli airstrikes on Syria a matter for serious concern.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that his country aims to impose a "sterile defense zone" in southern Syria as the Israeli military said a wave of its airstrikes had destroyed the bulk of Syria's strategic weapons stockpiles, Reuters reported.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a news briefing Israel's actions did not serve to stabilize the situation in Syria and called on it to show restraint.

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Polish Government Adopts Resolution Protecting Netanyahu from Arrest

Israeli Prime Minister and Chairman of the Likud Party, Benjamin Netanyahu, makes an address. Photo: Ilia Yefimovich/dpa
Israeli Prime Minister and Chairman of the Likud Party, Benjamin Netanyahu, makes an address. Photo: Ilia Yefimovich/dpa
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Polish Government Adopts Resolution Protecting Netanyahu from Arrest

Israeli Prime Minister and Chairman of the Likud Party, Benjamin Netanyahu, makes an address. Photo: Ilia Yefimovich/dpa
Israeli Prime Minister and Chairman of the Likud Party, Benjamin Netanyahu, makes an address. Photo: Ilia Yefimovich/dpa

The Polish government adopted a resolution on Thursday vowing to ensure the free and safe participation of the highest representatives of Israel — including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — who choose to attend commemorations for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau later this month.
Netanyahu became an internationally wanted suspect last year after the International Criminal Court, the world’s top war crimes court, issued an arrest warrant for him and others in connection with the war in Gaza, accusing them of crimes against humanity, The Associated Press said.
Member countries of the ICC, such as Poland, are required to detain suspects facing a warrant if they set foot on their soil, but the court has no way to enforce that. Israel is not a member of the ICC and disputes its jurisdiction.