Bassam Sabbagh, Syria's permanent representative to the United Nations, said that recent events in al-Hasakah, including ISIL terrorist attacks, the killing of militants and the destruction of infrastructure by US occupying aircraft; "In the context of Washington's efforts to recycle ISIS and justify the survival of its forces."
According to the official Syrian news agency (SANA), he said during the UN meeting:
What is happening and is happening in the city of Al-Hasakah requires the Security Council to urgently investigate the consequences of these dangerous incidents resulting from the crimes of the terrorist organization (ISIS), separatist militias (Qassad) and the American occupying forces.
Sabbagh added that the incidents were also the result of "the insistence of the governments of some countries not to accept responsibility for the return of terrorists and their families who are being held in camps and detention centers in northeastern Syria."
The Permanent Representative of Syria to the United Nations explained that what happened in al-Hasakah required the Security Council to work for an end to the US-led invasion of northeastern Syria and the Al-Tanf region and to end their support for separatist militias.