Israeli Official Reports Collapse of Security-Deal Talks with Damascus
Mossad chief Roman Gofman said sanctions relief has reduced Damascus’s incentive as Turkey’s military role and an Israeli strike complicate talks.
- Mossad Chief Roman Gofman's negotiations with Syria regarding a security agreement have stalled, as a senior Israeli official said Wednesday that U.S. sanctions relief reduced Damascus's incentive to reach a deal.
- The United States removed Syria from its state sponsors of terrorism list last week, while Turkey's expanding military presence in Syrian territory remains a central impediment to negotiations.
- Five days after the Israeli strike on the Abu al-Duhur airbase, Gofman met Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani in Jordan to reduce tensions and prevent further escalation.
- Israel remains unwilling to withdraw from the buffer zone, which officials describe as a "security asset," while al-Shaibani maintains that Damascus requires an Israeli withdrawal from Syrian territory.
- Beyond the Syrian talks, Israel opposes a "new UNIFIL" in Lebanon and is increasing enforcement against settler violence in the West Bank, where violent incidents have declined in recent months.
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Israeli Official Reports Collapse of Security-Deal Talks with Damascus
The official said that the two sides had previously come close to a deal, having agreed on most of its provisions. The post Israeli Official Reports Collapse of Security-Deal Talks with Damascus first appeared on The Syrian Observer.
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A senior Israeli diplomatic official has admitted the failure of talks aimed at reaching a security agreement with the Syrian government, stating: “We tried to reach a security agreement, but in the end we did not succeed,” according to the Jerusalem Post. The official attributed the impasse in the negotiations, among other factors, to the easing of sanctions against Syria, estimating that this reduced Damascus’s incentives to proceed with the a…
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