US EditionIsrael-Syria Talks Hit Snag over Humanitarian Corridor: Reuters
Israel’s demand for a humanitarian corridor to protect the Druze minority in Syria’s Sweida province has stalled talks despite progress toward a demilitarised security pact, diplomats said.
- Efforts to reach a security pact hit a last-minute snag when Israel reintroduced a demand to open a humanitarian corridor to Sweida, restarting the dispute and stalling a deal this week, four sources said.
- Concern for the Druze, a 120,000-strong community, underpins Israel's corridor demand, as Israeli leaders link it to protecting the Druze and preserving their safety.
- On Tuesday, US envoy Tom Barrack said the foes were close to a `de-escalation agreement` as a first step toward a security deal, while the Syrian government pushed for a return to the 1974 disengagement agreement.
- The Syrian official said pre-UN conversations were positive, but the State Department and office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not respond to questions, and Barrack noted no talks since Tuesday.
- Longstanding hostility since 1948 frames the negotiations, with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa warning Israel may be stalling and saying `It's not the other way around`.
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Israel has demanded that it be allowed to open a "humanitarian corridor" in the southern Syrian province of Sweida.
Exclusive: Israel-Syria talks hit snag over humanitarian corridor, sources say
Efforts to reach a security pact between Syria and Israel have hit a last-minute snag over Israel's demand that it be allowed to open a "humanitarian corridor" to Syria's southern province of Sweida, four sources familiar with the talks said.
Israel-Syria talks hit snag over humanitarian corridor, sources say
Syria and Israel had come close in recent weeks to agreeing the broad outlines of a pact after months of U.S.-brokered talks in Baku, Paris and London that accelerated in the lead-up to the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week
Humanitarian Corridor Dispute Threatens Israel-Syria Talks
Efforts to create a security agreement between Syria and Israel have stalled due to Israel’s request for a “humanitarian corridor” into Syria’s Sweida province. Discussions, which have taken place over several months in cities such as Baku, Paris, and London, were nearing agreement before the United Nations General Assembly, but this renewed demand from Israel […] The post Humanitarian Corridor Dispute Threatens Israel-Syria Talks – Exclusive ap…
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