Syria, Israel resume US-mediated security talks

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : US-mediated talks between Syria and Israel have resumed after an interruption of several months, Syria's state news agency SANA reported on Monday, with Damascus seeking the withdrawal of Israeli troops from territory seized after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. SANA, citing a Syrian government source, said the Syrian delegation was led by Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani and intelligence chief Hussein al-Salama.
46% : The discussions are focused on reviving a 1974 disengagement agreement that established a UN-monitored buffer zone between Israel and Syria after the 1973 Middle East war, SANA said. Israeli troops advanced deeper across the border after Assad was toppled on 8 December 2024 by rebel fighters who assumed Syria's leadership.
45% : Israel has said it would conclude an agreement only on terms safeguarding its security interests, including demilitarisation of parts of southwestern Syria and protection for minority communities.
44% : Israel has also intervened in what it calls missions to protect the ethnic minority Druze in southwestern Syria.
38% : The Syrian official said Damascus considered Israel's withdrawal from territory it took after Assad's fall to be a "red line" and that Syria had been asked to consider a phased withdrawal by Israeli troops.

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