Syria may consider long-term talks with Israel on Golan Heights

Syria may consider long-term talks with Israel on Golan Heights

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Friday said he could consider "long-term negotiations" with Israel on the disputed Golan Heights if Israel agreed to withdraw from recently occupied Syrian territories. Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in December 2024, Israel forces invaded the UN-patrolled buffer zone that had separated Israeli and Syrian forces on the Golan Heights, and has continued to occupy it since. Sharaa said Syria wanted "e…