{"id":4308,"date":"2019-04-03T10:35:34","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T14:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salonsyria.com\/?p=4308"},"modified":"2019-04-03T13:51:01","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T17:51:01","slug":"syria-in-a-week-25-31-march-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salonsyria.com\/en\/syria-in-a-week-25-31-march-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria in a Week (25 \u2013 31 March 2019)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The following is a selection by our editors of significant weekly developments in Syria. Depending on events, each issue will include anywhere from four to eight briefs. This series is produced in both Arabic and English in partnership between\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.salonsyria.com\/\">Salon Syria<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jadaliyya.com\/\">Jadaliyya<\/a>. Suggestions and blurbs may be sent to\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"mailto:info@salonsyria.com\">info@salonsyria.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Golan Present, Syria Absent <\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">31 March 2019<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab leaders said on Sunday they would seek a UN Security Council resolution against the US decision to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights and promised to support Palestinians in their bid for statehood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab leaders, long divided by regional rivalries, ended their annual summit in Tunisia calling for cooperation with Iran based on non-interference in each other\u2019s affairs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab leaders who have been grappling with a bitter Gulf Arab dispute, splits over Iran\u2019s regional influence, the war in Yemen, and unrest in Algeria and Sudan sought common ground after Washington recognized Israel\u2019s sovereignty over the Golan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe, the leaders of the Arab countries gathered in Tunisia&#8230; express our rejection and condemnation of the United States decision to recognize Israel\u2019s sovereignty over the Golan,\u201d Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He said Arab countries would present a draft resolution to the UN Security Council and seek a legal opinion from the International Court of Justice on the US decision. It warned other countries away from following Washington\u2019s lead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trump signed a proclamation last week recognizing the Golan Heights as part of Israel, which annexed the area in 1981 after capturing it from Syria in 1967.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trump\u2019s earlier decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital also drew Arab condemnation. Palestinians want East Jerusalem as the capital of a future state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saudi Arabia\u2019s King Salman bin Abdulaziz told the Arab leaders his country \u201cabsolutely rejects\u201d any measures affecting Syria\u2019s sovereignty over the Golan Heights.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi said the Arab summit needed to ensure the international community understood the centrality of the Palestinian cause to Arab nations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who also addressed the meeting in Tunis, said any resolution to the Syrian conflict must guarantee the territorial integrity of Syria \u201cincluding the occupied Golan Heights\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Trump Unites Friends and Foes<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">26 March 2019<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">US President Donald Trump\u2019s decision to recognize Israel\u2019s sovereignty over the Golan Heights united Washington\u2019s Arab allies and its regional foe Iran in condemnation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait criticized Monday\u2019s move to recognize Israel\u2019s 1981 annexation and said the territory was occupied Arab land. Riyadh and Abu Dhabi said it was an impediment to peace. Iran echoed the comments, describing Trump\u2019s decision as unprecedented in this century.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During a visit to Washington by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump signed a proclamation on Monday officially granting US recognition of the Golan Heights as Israeli territory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Israel occupied the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed it in 1981 in a move the UN Security Council declared unlawful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trump senior adviser Jared Kushner visited the Gulf Arab region last month to seek support for the economic portion of a long-awaited peace proposal for the Middle East. Gulf Arab states host US troops and are important for Washington\u2019s regional defense policy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>United States \u201cIsolated\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">28 March 2019<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During an emergency meeting for the UN Security Council called for by Syria, the United States defended US President Donald Trump\u2019s decision to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, a position condemned by the other fourteen members.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Russian Deputy UN Ambassador Vladimir Safronkov said that this was \u201ca disregard of international law\u201d and a \u201cviolation of UN resolution,\u201d stressing that this \u201crecognition is null.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Belgium, Germany, Kuwait, China, Indonesia, Peru, South Africa, and the Dominican Republic condemned the unilateral decision that runs counter to international consensus that has been adhered to so far.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe Golan Heights are Syrian land occupied by Israel,\u201d said the Kuwaiti UN Ambassador Mansour al-Otaibi. \u201cWe call for the liberation of the Golan territory,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The United States expressed its approval for maintaining the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) despite Trump\u2019s decision to recognize Israel\u2019s recognition of the plateau.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">US diplomat Rodney Hunter told the council that the U S decision on the Golan Heights does not affect the truce or undermine the deployment of the peacekeeping mission. \u201cUNDOF continues to have a vital role to play in preserving stability between Israel and Syria,\u201d he told the council.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe United States is concerned by the Secretary-General\u2019s reports of continued military activities and presence of the Syrian armed forces in the Area of Separation,\u201d Hunter added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cUNDOF\u2019s mandate is crystal clear. There should be no military activity of any kind in the Area of Separation, including military operations by the Syrian armed forces\u2026 The United States is also alarmed by the reports of Hezbollah\u2019s presence in the Area of Separation,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>The \u201cResistance\u201d Option?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">26 March 2019<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Secretary General for Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah on Tuesday called for adopting the \u201cresistance\u201d option to retake lands occupied by Israel, after Washington recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Syria Golan plateau. He also called on the Arab League to take actions in the upcoming summit in Tunisia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a televised speech broadcast by Manar TV channel, which is affiliated with his party, Nasrallah said that the \u201conly option\u201d for Syrians and Lebanese to retake their lands which Israel occupies, and for the Palestinian people to obtain their \u201clegitimate rights\u201d is \u201cresistance, resistance, resistance \u2026 at a time in which the resistance has created numerous victories and a time in which the Resistance Axis is strong.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He described Trump\u2019s move as a \u201cpivotal event in the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict,\u201d and reflects \u201cdisrespect and disregard for the Arab and Islamic worlds\u2026 just for Israel\u2019s sake and Israel\u2019s interest.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nasrallah stressed that Trump\u2019s decision \u201cis a fatal blow to the so-called peace process in the region, which is based on land in exchange for peace,\u201d adding that this would have not happened if it were not for \u201cthe world\u2019s silence\u201d after Washington\u2019s recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nasrallah said that condemnation statements \u201care no longer useful\u201d to confront the US recognition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>An Airstrike in the Depth<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">28 March 2019<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Syrian air defenses repelled an Israeli air \u201caggression\u201d early Thursday that targeted the northeast of Aleppo in northern Syria, according to the Syrian official news agency SANA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cArmy air defenses repelled an Israeli air aggression that targeted a number of industrial sites in Sheikh Najjar industrial zone, north-east of Aleppo, and downed a number of the hostile missiles,\u201d the official SANA news agency said, citing a military source. \u201cThere were only material damages,\u201d the source added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said the Israeli bombardment hit ammunition depots belonging to Iranian forces killing seven allied militants. The SOHR said the militants were non-Syrian troops allied to Iranian forces. Five Syrian soldiers were also injured, according to the SOHR.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A number of residents of Aleppo city told AFP that the attack led to a power cut in the whole city.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Israel has intensified its bombardment in Syria in recent years, targeting Syrian army positions and Iranian and Hezbollah targets. It repeatedly insists that it will continue to confront what is described as Iranian attempts to cement its military presence in Syria and send advanced weapons to Hezbollah.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On 21 January, the Israeli army announced that it launched airstrikes that targeted depots and intelligence and training centers affiliated with the Iranian al-Quds Brigade, in addition to weapons depots and a position near Damascus international airport. The airstrike killed twenty-one people, including Iranian forces and allied forces, according to the SOHR.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The strikes come after the US President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Monday recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the Syrian Golan Heights, which was occupied by Israel in 1967 and annexed in 1981, a move that has not received recognition by the international community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>First Attack After Defeat<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">26 March 2019<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ISIS claimed responsibility on Tuesday for an attack in northern Syrian city of Manbij that killed seven fighters from a local council that administers the city and falls under the umbrella of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The attack is the first of its kind since the declaration of the end of the \u201ccaliphate.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSoldiers of the caliphate attacked a checkpoint\u2026 west of Manbij city last night and exchanged machine fire with them,\u201d said a statement circulated by jihadist accounts on Telegram.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The group claimed responsibility shortly after council spokesman Sherfan Darwish announced the \u201cmartyrdom of seven fighters in a terrorist attack on one of our checkpoints at the entrance of the city\u201d at night. He told the AFP that sleepers cells affiliated with the group are responsible for the attack.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Manbij Military Council administers the city which is located in Aleppo governorate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights Rami Abdul Rahman confirmed the number of casualties and told the AFP, \u201cThis is the first attack of its kind since the liberation of al-Baghouz from ISIS.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The SDF announced on Saturday the complete elimination of the \u201ccaliphate,\u201d which the group had declared in Syria and neighboring Iraq in 2014. The SDF also announced the start of a \u201cnew phase\u201d to eliminate sleeper cells in coordination with the US-led international coalition. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAfter the victory over ISIS, we have entered the phase of sleeper cells. These sleeper cells are being activated and carrying out attacks but we will foil their operations,\u201d Darwish said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>The Nidus of Jihadists<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">30 March 2019<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wrangles with guards and violent fights break out in al-Hol camp in eastern Syria, as thousands of women and children of foreign ISIS fighters cram in the camp that has turned into a nidus of jihadists which could explode at any moment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ISIS\u2019s \u201ccaliphate\u201d has been eliminated, but it left behind it thousands of extremist supporters, from Syria or foreigners who come from France, Tunisia, or Russia. Some of them were imprisoned while others were transferred to refugee camps run by Syrian Kurds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In al-Hol camp alone, more than nine thousand foreign women and children were isolated in an area designated just for them, with a fence separating them from the rest of the refugees. Foreigners were separated from the rest due to their close links to ISIS.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kurdish authorities are calling for the restoration of foreigners to their countries for fear of the \u201cdanger\u201d stemming from the presence of thousands of them in the camp. Women and children \u201cneed rehabilitation and re-integration into their original societies, or else the will be future terrorists,\u201d Omar Abdul Karim, one of the officials, said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a selection by our editors of significant weekly developments in Syria. Depending on events, each issue will include anywhere from four to eight briefs. This series is produced in both Arabic and English in partnership between\u00a0Salon Syria\u00a0and\u00a0Jadaliyya. Suggestions and blurbs may be sent to\u00a0info@salonsyria.com. &nbsp; Golan Present, Syria Absent 31 March 2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":4304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[228,1],"tags":[305,851,171,21,212],"class_list":["post-4308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-syria-in-a-week","category-1","tag-golan","tag-resistance","tag-salonsyria","tag-syria","tag-syriainaweek"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Syria in a Week (25 \u2013 31 March 2019) - Salon Syria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.salonsyria.com\/syria-in-a-week-25-31-march-2019\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Syria in a Week (25 \u2013 31 March 2019) - Salon Syria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The following is a selection by our editors of significant weekly developments in Syria. 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