Berk Kutay Gokmen<\/p>\n
28 August 2026\u2022Update: 28 August 2026<\/p>\n
T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ahmet Yildiz on Thursday condemned Israel\u2019s continued attacks on Syria, saying they violate the country\u2019s sovereignty and territorial integrity, while welcoming the US decision to remove Syria from its list of state sponsors of terrorism.<\/p>\n
Addressing a UN Security Council meeting on the latest developments in the Middle East, Yildiz said Syria was steadily advancing toward stabilization despite continuing challenges.<\/p>\n
He welcomed progress by Syria\u2019s People\u2019s Assembly toward becoming a fully functioning legislative institution and said recent developments in the judicial process concerning transitional justice and accountability were also important.<\/p>\n
\u201cSustaining momentum in these areas will be essential to strengthening public confidence in the state institutions and advancing an inclusive political process,\u201d Yildiz said.<\/p>\n
He also welcomed the recent visit to Syria by International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi and commended the Syrian government for its cooperation with the agency.<\/p>\n
Yildiz also welcomed the US decision to remove Syria from its list of state sponsors of terrorism.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe commend the constructive approach of the US administration and congratulate the Syrian government and people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He said the decision would give further impetus to Syria\u2019s economic recovery and reconstruction, strengthen its position in the international community and contribute to lasting security and stability.<\/p>\n
Yildiz, however, warned that Israel continued to undermine Syria\u2019s positive trajectory through what he described as destabilizing actions.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe recent airstrikes on the Abu al-Duhur airbase constitute yet another example of such actions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe condemn Israel\u2019s relentless attacks targeting Syria\u2019s infrastructure and capabilities in blatant violation of Syria\u2019s sovereignty and territorial integrity,\u201d Yildiz added.<\/p>\n
He said Israel\u2019s aggression, which continues to affect civilians and undermine stability, \u201cmust cease.\u201d<\/p>\n
Yildiz reiterated T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s call on Israel to fully comply with the 1974 Disengagement of Forces Agreement, refrain from further escalation and reverse its encroachments into Syrian territory.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe international community and this council, in particular, must use all means at its disposal to bring an end to Israel\u2019s aggression against Syria and its occupation of Syrian territory,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Yildiz also addressed T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s military cooperation with Syria, stressing that Ankara\u2019s activities in the country are conducted with the consent of the Syrian government.<\/p>\n
\u201cT\u00fcrkiye’s military cooperation with Syria is conducted with the consent of the Syrian government,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cNone of our activities in Syria are directed against or pose a threat to any third country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He warned that attempts to obstruct efforts to build Syria\u2019s security capacity could create conditions conducive to the resurgence of terrorist organizations such as ISIS (Daesh).<\/p>\n
Yildiz added that T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s relations with countries in the region are guided by a firm commitment to stability, security and prosperity, which he described as essential to T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s national, regional and international security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Berk Kutay Gokmen 28 August 2026\u2022Update: 28 August 2026 T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ahmet Yildiz…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":598045,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43,180804],"class_list":["post-598044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news","tag-sitekeywords"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}