40+ nations rally behind Syria at UN as it protests Israeli incursion on Mount Hermon

NEW YORK CITY: More than 40 countries — spanning the Arab world, Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America — stood with Syria at the UN on Friday as its envoy accused Israel of violating its sovereignty by dispatching top government officials to the summit of Mount Hermon this week. Ibrahim Olabi, Syria’s permanent representative to the UN, warned that continuing Israeli incursions threatened to unravel the country’s fragile, post-war recovery. On Sept. 9, the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Ne