Al-Albi added, in a speech before the Security Council, that the Syrian government and the international community are striving to achieve stability in the Middle East, “while Israel is working hard to undermine this stability.”
He explained that Syria adheres to the 1974 Disengagement Agreement and respects international law and Security Council resolutions, while “Israel disregards these laws and resolutions” and continues its repeated violations.
He noted that following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad’s regime on December 8, 2024, Israel declared the collapse of the Disengagement of Forces Agreement, occupied the Syrian buffer zone, and began carrying out almost daily incursions into southern Syria, which included arrests, setting up checkpoints, and searching passersby.
He stressed that Damascus has repeatedly renewed its commitment to the agreement and called for an end to Israel’s repeated violations of its sovereignty.
In a related context, Alabi pointed to the improvement in the security situation in Syria, noting the return of more than 3 million refugees and displaced persons to their homes after the fall of the Assad regime.
He said that “the voice of Syrian civil society and the voice of Syrian women are now being heard in the new Syria,” stressing that state institutions and ministries are working “like a beehive” to improve the living and service conditions of Syrians.
He also noted Syria’s joining the international coalition against the terrorist organization ISIS on November 12, stressing that Damascus is fulfilling its obligations in combating terrorism and that it “will not be a source of threat to any country.”
According to Alabi, the Syrian government seeks to enhance security stability by pursuing remnants of the ousted regime, preventing chaos, and filling the security vacuum, in addition to working to improve the economic situation by attracting investors and ending years of estrangement with regional countries.
On December 8, 2024, Syrian rebels managed to enter Damascus, declaring the overthrow of the regime of Bashar al-Assad, who had ruled the country since 2000 after inheriting power from his father, Hafez al-Assad.
