Syria tells UN Israeli statements and military incursions undermine security

It's the third complaint against Israel filed at the U.N. Security Council by Syria's interim government, which took power late last year after ousting longtime President Bashar Assad. The complaint was submitted on March 3 but circulated Tuesday.

Israeli forces have seized territory in southern Syria and launched airstrikes on what Israel says are military sites in Syria, saying the operations aim to protect Israel's borders. Israeli officials have also said that they will not allow the new Syrian military south of Damascus, claiming that they aim to protect the Druze, a minority sect present in both Syria and Israel.

Syria’s complaint said that Israel’s statements “constitute blatant interference in the internal affairs of Syria” and reflect “hostile intentions and goal of undermining the security and stability of Syria and establishing a new occupation on Syrian territory as a fait accompli.”

It called on the Security Council to “take urgent action” to make Israel stop “its attacks on Syrian towns and villages and their civilian populations” and to “withdraw completely, immediately and unconditionally from the Syrian territory into which its forces have recently advanced” as well as comply with a 1974 ceasefire agreement between the two countries.