Syria’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Bashar al-Ja’afari, has reiterated the Arab country’s right to liberate the Golan Heights from Israeli occupation, adding that restoring Syrian sovereignty to the territory remains a priority for the Damascus government. “The Israeli regime has occupied Arab lands, including the Syrian Golan Heights, for the past 35 years in a flagrant violation of the UN Charter and rules of the international law,” Ja’afari ...