Iran’s UN envoy told the Security Council that “the illegal presence of foreign military forces including the U.S. forces in Syria constitutes a blatant violation of the UN Charter and international law and is the primary source of insecurity in the country. We call for the immediate and complete withdrawal of these unlawful forces”. He further denounced what he characterised as “the continuous acts of aggression and military attacks by the Israeli regime against Syria, particularly those that target civilian infrastructure, alongside the persistent occupation of the Syrian Golan”.