Syria leads international condemnation of US move on Golan Heights

The US move to recognise the Golan Heights as Israeli territory is a "breach of international law," a Syrian government official says, joining several country's critical of the declaration.

US President Donald Trump (L) and Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu with the signed Presidential proclamation on the Golan Heights Source: AAP

Syrian MP and the head of the Syrian parliament's media committee, Elias Murad, has slammed the US for officially granting US recognition of the Golan Heights as Israeli territory. 

US President Donald Trump signed a proclamation recognising Israeli sovereignty over the disputed region, which is a border area seized from Syria in 1967 and annexed by Israel in 1981.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the recognition "historic" and said the Golan Heights, which are still claimed by Syria, would remain permanently under Israeli control.

"Your decision to recognise Israel's sovereignty on the Golan Heights is so historic," Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu told Trump.

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