Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon accused the UN chief of “moral bankruptcy” for his silence on “brutal slaughter” of the Druze
The UN Security Council (UNSC) is set to meet Thursday in an emergency session to discuss the violence in Syria’s southern as-Suwayda province, as UN chief Antonio Guterres comes under fire for condemning Israeli airstrikes meant to protect the Druze minority there.
Syria called Wednesday for the UNSC “to assume its responsibilities and take urgent and concrete measures to put an end to the repeated Israeli aggression against the territory of a sovereign state and UN member.”
When the Islamist HTS group took over Syria in December, Israel swiftly took over the demilitarized zone between the countries and the Syrian Golan Heights overlooking the region, and declared that the southern part of Syria had to remain clear of the country’s armed forces.