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Syrian and Druze families living in the Israeli occupied Golan Heights have been protesting against Tel Aviv's policies amid ongoing local elections.
The protesters have been burning election ballots, waving Syrian flags and putting up portraits of Bashar al-Assad along the border with Syria.
The Syrian TV channel Ikhbariya has reported that one of its reporters was called in for questioning over its coverage of the protests against the Israeli elections in the Golan Heights.
"Forces of the Israeli occupiers have been named in Golan Heights for questioning after he highlighted the protests of our citizens living in the Golan Heights against local elections and their actions of support for our country," the channel said.
Residents of the Golan Heights, occupied by Israel, were electing local lawmakers and city mayors on October 30.
Syrians and Druzes, who have been denied exchanging their Syrian citizenship for Israeli, to cast their votes. Golan Heights, with Syrians burning election ballots and Syrian flags waving.
Druze Arabs attempted to block the entrances to polling stations in protest against the elections, but were dispersed by Israeli police using tear gas.
Damascus has slammed Israel on organizing elections in the occupied territories, accusing it of enforcing a "Judaization" on "Syrians living in the occupied Syrian territories."
The Syrian Foreign Ministry urges the Secretary-General and the UN Security Council to take action against illegal municipal elections in the occupied territories.
The Golan Heights were seized by Israel from Syria during the Six-Day War in 1967 and for a long time by the Israeli military administration.
However, in 1981 Tel Aviv decided to extend its laws to the occupied territory and established a civil administration in it.
The decision has been made by the United Nations Security Council as a precautionary measure.
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