Talks have been continuing on and off to reach a security deal between the sides for months.<\/p>\n
A Syrian delegation, headed by Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani and General Intelligence Director-General Hussein al-Salama, is joining a new round of negotiations with Israeli counterparts in the French capital Paris, under the coordination and mediation of the United States, according to Syrian state news agency SANA.<\/p>\n
A government source told SANA on Monday that the resumption of these negotiations affirms Syria\u2019s unwavering commitment to restoring its non-negotiable national rights.<\/p>\n
Israel has, since the fall of longtime Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, extended its occupation of Syrian territory beyond the Golan Heights and staged numerous raids and bombardments in southern Syria.<\/p>\n
For months, Israeli forces have conducted\u00a0near-daily incursions<\/a>\u00a0into southern Syria, particularly in the\u00a0Quneitra governorate<\/a>, carrying out arrests, erecting checkpoints, and bulldozing land, all of which have prompted growing public anger and unrest.<\/p>\n The source added: \u201cThe talks are primarily focused on reactivating the 1974 Disengagement Agreement, ensuring the withdrawal of Israeli forces to their positions prior to December 8, 2014, within the framework of an equitable security agreement that prioritises full Syrian sovereignty and guarantees the prevention of any form of interference in internal affairs.\u201d<\/p>\n Despite a reduction in direct military threats, the Israeli army continues to carry out air raids that have caused civilian casualties and destroyed Syrian army sites and facilities.<\/p>\n Over the past year, Israel has launched more than 600 air, drone and artillery attacks across Syria, averaging nearly two attacks a day, according to a tally by the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED).<\/p>\n Disengagement accord<\/p>\n After President al-Assad\u2019s fall, Israel declared the 1974 Disengagement Agreement \u2013 brokered after the 1973 war, in which Syria failed to regain the occupied Golan Heights \u2013 void.<\/p>\n The agreement had established protocols for a United Nations-patrolled buffer zone, which Israel has since violated, advancing deeper into Syrian territory.<\/p>\n Citing al-Assad\u2019s flight, Israel says the accord no longer applies, while carrying out air raids, ground incursions, and reconnaissance flights; setting up checkpoints; and arresting or disappearing Syrians.<\/p>\n Syria has not responded with attacks.<\/p>\n Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in late December that Israel was keen to ensure a peaceful border with Syria, and United States President Donald Trump said he was sure Israel would get along with Syria\u2019s current President Ahmed al-Sharaa, who led a lightning offensive to topple al-Assad in late 2024.<\/p>\n Talks have been ongoing on and off to reach a deal on a security agreement between Israel and Syria for months, without a deal or concrete progress being announced.<\/p>\n Syria does not formally recognise Israel, nor does it have any interest in joining Trump\u2019s Abraham Accords, under which a handful of Arab nations have recognised Israel.<\/p>\n Israel\u2019s annexation of the Golan Heights is recognised by Washington, but it is rejected by the vast majority of the international community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Talks have been continuing on and off to reach a security deal between the sides for months. A…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221673,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,47,43,4713,20766],"class_list":{"0":"post-221672","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-israel","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-middle-east","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-syria","13":"tag-syrias-war"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}