Syria's interim government foreign minister told Refinitiv on the 22nd that Damascus expects to soon resume negotiations with Israel on a security agreement intended to secure Israeli withdrawal from Syrian territory. He said talks have been stalled since the outbreak of hostilities involving the US, Israel and Iran earlier this year but are expected to restart, and that the US is pressing Israel to return to dialogue. He added the interim government "currently does not trust Israel" but priorit

Syria's interim government foreign minister told Refinitiv on the 22nd that Damascus expects to soon resume negotiations with Israel on a security agreement intended to secure Israeli withdrawal from Syrian territory. He said talks have been stalled since the outbreak of hostilities involving the US, Israel and Iran earlier this year but are expected to restart, and that the US is pressing Israel to return to dialogue. He added the interim government "currently does not trust Israel" but prioritises halting Israeli strikes and seeks "confidence-building measures." Contacts were severed after an attack on the Abu Zuhur airbase on the 18th of this month.