Interim Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa says his country has always been and will remain one of the foremost backers of the Palestinian cause.

“We will do all we can to support peace and security in the region,” he said, speaking at the Arab summit in Cairo.

The president stressed that Palestine has lived through “dark and catastrophic periods” aimed at wiping out its entire population due to the Israeli occupation, aggression and settlements.

He said a new attempt is dictating “solutions” aiming at reshaping the region’s landscape at the expense of the life of the Palestinian people, apparently referring to the US’s proposal to remove the local population from Gaza.

“The call to forcibly transfer the Palestinian people [from Gaza] is a smear in the face of humanity by all measures.”