At the United Nations Security Council, a meeting intended to mark Syria's hopeful transition away from the Assad era became instead a mirror of the very dynamics that defined that era — foreign powers contesting Syrian soil while Syrians themselves struggled to be heard. Damascus accused Israel of military aggression and civilian displacement; Israel redirected attention to Turkey's far larger troop presence; Turkey defended its forces as invited guests. Beneath the diplomatic theater lay a question that has haunted Syria for generations: who truly holds sovereignty over a land that so many o
Syria accuses Israel of 'greatest threat' to region as UN debate erupts over military presence
Israeli military operations have displaced Syrian civilians and bombed facilities according to Syrian government claims.