Bashar Jaafari (C), Syria's permanent representative to the United Nations, speaks to journalists at the UN headquarters in New York, March 22, 2019. Bashar Jaafari said Friday that the Syrian Golan will always remain an Arab Syrian territory, reacting to U.S. President Donald Trump's surprise tweet that the United States would recognize Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)