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In a rare and significant diplomatic development, representatives from Syria and Israel met in person over the weekend in Baku, Azerbaijan. The encounter took place on the sidelines of Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s visit to the country, marking a potential thaw in relations between two long-standing adversaries. A diplomatic source based in Damascus, speaking on condition of anonymity due to …

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani announced on Friday that Syria is open to working with the United States to restore the disengagement agreement signed with Israel in 1974. This message was conveyed during a phone conversation with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, marking a rare instance of diplomatic engagement between Damascus and Washington. During the call, Shaibani stated that …

Syria’s newly installed government demanded that Israel withdraw its presence in Golan Heights, a region it occupies for decades, in a move following its ally Bashar al-Assad’s fall. The demand during negotiations with Jean-Pierre Lacroix, head of U.N.’s peacekeeping, according to Syrian state media reports. The country’s willingness to cooperate with U.N. in full, according to its representatives, during Lacroix’s …

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has instructed the military to prepare for a prolonged presence in the U.N.-supervised buffer zone between Israeli and Syrian forces on the strategically important Golan Heights. Israel took control of this demilitarized area on Sunday, shortly after Syrian rebels ousted President Bashar al-Assad. Since the takeover, the Israeli military has launched extensive air and naval …