Syrian President Bashar Assad threatened to start a war against Israel if peace talks over return of Dutch national heights are failed. The president of Syria said, addressing the economic summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in Turkey. According to Bashar al-Assad, The failure to restore the rights through negotiations will mean turning to "resistance".

According to the president of Syria, the struggle against occupation is considered a national duty and responsibility and does not contradict to the urge for a just peace based on the liberation of occupied territories, News.ru.co.il reports.