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Damascus Breaks Its Silence: No Peace with Israel Without Full Withdrawal
- Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa confirmed in May 2025 that indirect talks with Israel aimed at reducing tensions took place but ruled out peace at this time.
- These talks followed the December 2024 fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime and Israel's moves to occupy parts of southwestern Syria, including a newly declared security zone.
- Syrian officials insist that negotiations cannot proceed unless Israel fully withdraws from occupied lands per the 1974 disengagement agreement and end incursions into southern Syria.
- A Syrian official indicated that initiating a peace deal with Israel at this time is inappropriate, while Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar highlighted Israel's desire to broaden normalization efforts to include Syria and Lebanon.
- The Syrian government rejects claims of ongoing peace talks and insists that any lasting agreement must begin with Israel fully pulling its forces out of the Golan Heights and southern Lebanese areas currently under its control.
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Damascus Breaks Its Silence: No Peace with Israel Without Full Withdrawal - The Syrian Observer
Amid growing speculation and foreign media reports, the Syrian government has officially denied the existence of any peace negotiations with Israel, asserting that such discussions are “premature” and contingent on specific conditions. Despite widespread media coverage suggesting the possibility of secret talks between Damascus and Tel Aviv, a senior Syrian official put those rumours to rest, reiterating Syria’s unwavering stance on Israel’s occ…
Damascus Breaks Its Silence: No Peace with Israel Without Full Withdrawal
Amid growing speculation and foreign media reports, the Syrian government has officially denied the existence of any peace negotiations with Israel, asserting that such discussions are “premature” and contingent on specific conditions. Despite widespread media coverage suggesting the possibility of secret talks between Damascus and Tel Aviv, a senior Syrian official put those rumours to rest, reiterating Syria’s unwavering stance on Israel’s occ…
Syria state media says Israel peace deal talk is ’premature’
Syrian state media reported on Wednesday that statements on signing a peace deal with Israel were "premature", days after Israel said it was interested in striking a normalisation agreement with Damascus, but conditioned this on the occupied Golan Heights remaining under its control. "Statements concerning signing a peace agreement with the Israeli occupation at this time are considered premature," state TV reported an unidentified official sour…
Syria: Talks of peace deal with Israel are 'premature'
Syrian state media insists peace with Israel is off the table for the time being, despite recent optimistic statements from Syrian and Israeli leaders on normalization. By World Israel News Staff Syrian state television poured cold water on reports that Damascus and Jerusalem are nearing a normalization agreement, stressing that the Syrian government will not make peace with Israel until the issue of Israeli troops in southern Lebanon and the Go…
Talks for Syria to sign a peace deal with Israel are "premature," a Syrian official said Wednesday.
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