In a recent TV interview, Syrian MP Fares Shehabi said: "Allah willing, all the areas occupied from Syria, including the Golan Heights, will be part of the settlement." Speaking on the Lebanese Mayadeen TV channel on October 2, Shehabi said: You want Syria to become secure, stable, and democratic once again, with elections and all that? By all means, give us back our occupied area, which is the cause of all these problems."
Following are excerpts
Fares Shehabi: As far as we are concerned, any political solution to our problem must include the Golan Heights. We won't reach a political solution without the occupied Golan Heights. You want Syria to become secure, stable, and democratic once again, with elections and all that? By all means, give us back our occupied area, which is the cause of all these problems. This will definitely be part of the political solution.
Interviewer: All the areas occupied from Syria, or just the Golan Heights?
Fares Shehabi: Allah willing, all the areas occupied from Syria, including the Golan Heights, will be part of the settlement. There cannot be a settlement that will deal only with areas occupied in Syria, while the area that had been occupied before, and which is the reason for the destruction of Syria, will be left in the hands of the Zionist enemy. This is why the Israelis have no interest in ending the conflict in Syria. They know that when a comprehensive international settlement is reached, and everybody will sit down at the table and say that it's enough, and talk about the Syrian state, the Syrian army, and so on, and say that they are ready to admit [our] victory on the ground - we will want to talk about the Golan Heights.
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