New YorkSyria’s president alleges 1,200 Israeli incursions and 300 detentions.
He says 500 air strikes endanger a recovery that returned 3.5 million displaced Syrians.
The US recognised Israel’s Golan sovereignty in Trump’s first term, but Security Council Resolution 497 calls the 1981 annexation void.
“Why don’t you give New Jersey to the Israelis?” al-Sharaa said he asked the US president.
Al-Sharaa urged countries that abstained on December’s 123-vote Golan resolution to reconsider.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 100+ reports worldwide · These outlets told this story differently.
- Al Jazeera Online
- situates rejection within Sharaa's 'journey of recovery,' emphasizing Syria's transition from civil war to new opportunity
- mint
- captures Sharaa's joke to Trump (giving New Jersey to Israel as parallel) arguing US lacks authority over Golan
- TRT World
- anchors rejection in UNSC Resolution 497 and December 2025 vote (123 countries), cites specific strike counts
Sources: Al Jazeera Online, mint, TRT World