US EditionSyria to Cooperate with US on 1974 Disengagement Deal with Israel
- On July 4, 2025, Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani declared that Damascus is prepared to work alongside the United States to restore the 1974 disengagement agreement with Israel.
- The announcement came after a phone conversation between Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani and the U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, during which they discussed ongoing Israeli military actions and the widening of operations within the UN-established buffer zone following the removal of Assad in December.
- The 1974 agreement, created after the 1973 Yom Kippur War, established a UN-patrolled buffer zone separating Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria, but Israel's deployment there has violated the accord.
- Rubio affirmed support for maintaining sanctions on malign actors like Assad while signaling openness to reviewing terrorism designations, and U.S. envoy Thomas Barrack described current Syria-Israel talks as meaningful and noted the need for peace.
- The renewed cooperation gesture and ongoing U.S. efforts to lift sanctions suggest a potential shift toward normalizing Syria-U.S. relations and stabilizing Syria-Israel tensions despite concerns over Iranian interference.
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Syria, US discuss return to 1974 disengagement deal with Israel
Syria said on Friday it was willing to cooperate with the United States to reimplement the 1974 disengagement agreement with Israel, which created a UN-patrolled buffer zone separating the two countries' forces. In a statement after a phone call with his US counterpart Marco Rubio, Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani expressed Damascus's "aspiration to cooperate with the United States to return to the 1974 disengagement agreement". Followi…
"Significant" talks with Israel on the Golan are under way, according to the US envoy for Syria.
The country declared itself on Friday ready to cooperate with the United States to put in place a disengagement pact like the one in force since 1974 that Israel has ceased to respect since the fall of Assad.
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