“They still occupy the Golan against the UN resolutions, against all of the international order, which has said the Golan is Syria's.”
Speaking to Mario Nawfal, US ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack said that Israel continues to occupy the Golan Heights in Syria, contrary to UN resolutions and international consensus affirming Syrian sovereignty.
Barrack’s comments come after Nawfal asked whether he believes Israel would annex Lebanese territory.
In 2019, Donald Trump signed an executive order recognising Israel’s control over the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights, reversing decades of US and international policy.


