Syria condemned US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's visit to the "occupied" Golan Heights on Thursday in the "strongest language" and said it was a provocative act before US President Donald Trump leaves his post, state media said.
Pompeo became the first US secretary of state to visit an Israeli community in Judea and Samaria and the Golan Heights.
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Palestinians and Arab states alleged the move would help cement Israeli control over occupied territory.
Syria called on the international community and the UN to condemn the "provocative" visit, which it said violated international resolutions, a government source was quoted on state media as saying.
"The visit is a provocative move before the end of Trump's administration and a flagrant violation of our sovereignty," the statement said.
Trump delighted Israel in 2019 by recognizing Israel's claim to sovereignty over the Golan.
Israel captured most of the Golan Heights in the 1967 Six-Day War, occupying it and annexing it in 1981. That unilateral annexation was not recognized internationally, and Syria demands the return of the territory.
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