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Ali Harb

Three years on, US still views Syria’s Golan as Israeli territory

Druze youth in Majdal Shams in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights wave Syrian and Druze flags during an annual rally calling for the return of the territory to Syria, February 14, 2022 [File: Ariel Schalit/AP Photo]

Washington, DC – When powerful states flout the rules of international law, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the United Nations Security Council last May, “it sends the message that others can break those rules with impunity”.

Yet, three years after former US President Donald Trump recognised Israeli claims to Syria’s occupied Golan Heights, the Biden administration has not reversed the widely denounced decision.

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