Syria Open to Working with US on 1974 Israel Disengagement Deal

Syria expressed willingness to cooperate with the United States to reimplement the 1974 disengagement agreement with Israel, creating a UN-patrolled buffer zone between the two countries' forces.

In a statement after a phone call with US counterpart Marco Rubio, Asaad al-Shaibani stated Syria's desire to cooperate with the US to return to the 1974 disengagement agreement.

Washington has been working towards a normalization deal between Syria and Israel, with envoy Thomas Barrack emphasizing the need for peace between the two.

Barrack confirmed that Syria and Israel were engaged in US-brokered talks to end their border conflict.

Israel deployed troops into the UN-patrolled zone after the fall of Bashar al-Assad and conducted airstrikes and incursions into Syria.

Syria and Israel have been in a state of war since 1948, with Israel annexing the Golan Heights in 1981.

After the 1973 war, a disengagement line was established, creating a UN-patrolled buffer zone to separate Israeli-occupied territory from the Syrian-controlled side.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar expressed interest in normalizing ties with Syria and Lebanon, stating that the Golan Heights will remain part of Israel under any future peace agreement.

Syrian state media cautioned that talks of signing a peace agreement with Israel are premature.

According to the source: Dawn.