France denounces Golan attack, urges no military escalation

France's Foreign Ministry on Sunday condemned the rocket attack on the Golan Heights, which killed 12 people, and urged belligerents to avoid escalation.

"France condemns in the strongest terms the particularly fatal attack on the Druze town of Majdal Shams in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights," the ministry said, calling for "everything to be done to avoid a new military escalation".

AFP