The Canadian government said it does not recognize permanent Israeli control of the Golan Heights hours after President Donald Trump signed a decree recognizing the region as Israeli territory.

U.S. President Donald Trump signed a decree on Monday saying the United States recognizes Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, territory that Israel seized from Syria in the 1967 Middle East war.

Discussing the Golan Heights, a Syrian foreign ministry source said Trump's statement showed "the blind bias of the United States" toward Israel.