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- Syrian FM Asaad Al-Shaibani told the joint press conference that 鈥渙ur borders are constantly violated by Israeli attacks鈥�
ANKARA: The foreign ministers of Syria, Turkiye and Jordan, meeting Monday in Ankara, called on Israel to cease attacks on Syria and to withdraw troops from the country.
Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes on Syria since longtime ruler Bashar Assad was ousted in December, often targeting military sites and killing dozens of people.
Israeli officials have also described Syria鈥檚 new authorities as jihadists and claimed to defend the country鈥檚 Druze minority with a recent spate of attacks.
Turkiye鈥檚 Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told a press conference with his Jordanian and Syrian counterparts that 鈥淚srael鈥檚 expansionism poses a significant threat to the security, stability and future of Syria.鈥�
鈥淭his must come to an end. And we are on the same page about this. Syria needs to be supported to prevent terrorist organizations from settling in this region,鈥� Fidan added, noting that Syria shares a 900-kilometer (560-mile) border with Turkiye.
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani told the joint press conference that 鈥渙ur borders are constantly violated by Israeli attacks.鈥�
The Israeli strikes are 鈥渃alculated escalations aimed at destabilising Syria and dragging the region into a new cycle of conflict,鈥� Shaibani said, decrying 鈥渟ystematic violations of international law and explicit provocations.鈥�
He called on the international community to put Israel under 鈥渋ncreased pressure鈥� to halt the bombings.
Jordan鈥檚 top diplomat, Ayman Safadi, said attacks on Syrian soil 鈥渨ill not bring security to Israel and will bring nothing to Syria except ruin and destruction.鈥�