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Israel-Syria security agreement 99% done, US official tells ToI
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleNava Freiberg is The Times of Israel's deputy diplomatic correspondent.
An emerging security agreement between Israel and Syria is “99%” complete, with an announcement expected within the next two weeks, a senior official in the Trump administration tells The Times of Israel.
“We’re 99% the way there. I think in the next two weeks, we’ll have an announcement, if not at the end of the week,” the official says, adding that the main issues left to resolve are the precise timing of the announcement and domestic considerations in Syria.
“It’s really a question of timing and also the Syrians communicating it to their people,” the official says.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to convene a meeting this evening to discuss a potential security agreement with Syria, one attendee’s office told The Times of Israel, with Damascus seeking to secure a halt to Israeli airstrikes and the withdrawal of Israeli troops who have pushed into southern Syria.
The sides held a US-brokered meeting in London on Wednesday that the Axios news site said lasted five hours, fueling anticipation that an agreement could be announced this week on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, which both Netanyahu and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa will be attending.
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