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1974 Agreement on Disengagement

Syria's President Ahmad al-Sharaa, center, arrives to attend the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, in Antalya, southern Turkey, on April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Riza Ozel)
April 17, 2026, 2:59 pm
Syria’s Sharaa: Israel has acted with ‘brutality,’ but talks not at dead end
Leader says talks now focused on restoring UN buffer zone, will later shift to future of Golan; all bases in Syria that hosted US troops now under state control, Damascus says
By ToI Staff, Nurit Yohanan and Agencies
Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa speaks during the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York, September 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
September 25, 2025, 12:14 am
At UN, Sharaa blasts Israeli airstrikes but says Syria ‘committed to dialogue’
In first UNGA speech by Syrian leader since 1967, Sharaa says suffering under Assad compels Syrians to stand with Gaza; says country ‘reclaiming its rightful place,’ urges end to all sanctions
By Lazar Berman, ToI Staff and Agencies
An Israeli military vehicle crosses the fence, returning from the buffer zone with Syria, near the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, on December 10, 2024. (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
July 4, 2025, 5:40 pm
Syria says willing to work with US on return to 1974 disengagement deal with Israel
Statement by Syrian FM comes as Washington seeks Syria-Israel normalization; accord created UN-patrolled buffer zone, which Israel seized following ouster of Assad in December
By AFP and ToI Staff
IDF troops are seen on the Syrian side of Mount Hermon, December 8, 2024. (Courtesy)
December 9, 2024, 5:10 pm
IDF: Troops will stay in Syria buffer zone and strategic Mount Hermon as long as needed
Israel says move to capture territory is defensive, intended to be temporary; army says it will hold new positions until situation clears up after fall of Assad regime
By Emanuel Fabian
Israeli soldiers take a position in the Golan Heights, near the border with Syria, on December 7, 2024. (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
December 8, 2024, 10:21 am
IDF deploys in Golan buffer zone with Syria, girding for post-Assad regime chaos
Israel takes up posts in area for the first time since 1974; IDF said to strike chemical weapons sites in Damascus and Hezbollah convoy fleeing to Lebanon
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
An IDF tank seen near the border with Syria, in the Golan Heights, northern Israel, on April 9, 2024. (Michael GiladiFlash90)
July 11, 2024, 10:06 am
IDF says it shelled Syrian army sites that violated 1974 disengagement agreement
Tanks and artillery fire at structures on Syrian part of Golan Heights; military says it holds its Syrian counterpart responsible for everything that happens in its territory
By Emanuel Fabian
This picture taken from the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Israeli Golan Heights shows IDF military vehicles deployed in the village while smoke billows from a Syrian position along the front after Israeli tanks shelled the area on September 21, 2023. (JALAA MAREY / AFP)
September 21, 2023, 6:40 pm
IDF tanks shell two Syrian army structures encroaching on truce line
In rare confirmation of cross-border strike, army says temporary buildings were a violation of the 1974 Agreement on Disengagement
By Emanuel Fabian
A picture taken on July 26, 2018, near Kibbutz Ein Zivan in the Israeli Golan Heights, shows Syrian national flags (R) and the Baath party flag (L) flying across the border as regime forces retake the area from rebels. (AFP Photo/Jack Guez)
July 26, 2018, 7:15 pm
Regime fighters raise Syrian flag at crossing with Israel
Monitor group says pro-Assad forces enter buffer zone in Golan, as Syrian army consolidates its control along border
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Smoke rises from Quneitra, at the Syrian side of the Israeli-Syrian border in the Golan Heights, on July 22, 2018. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)
July 24, 2018, 4:07 pm
For first time since 2011, Syrian regime reaches border with Israel
Assad’s forces capture positions along frontier after routing opposition and Islamic State fighters, state media says
By AP and ToI Staff
A picture taken from the Israeli Golan Heights shows smoke rising above buildings during unidentified air strikes across the border fence opposite a camp for displaced Syrians near the village of al-Rafeed in the southern Syrian province of Daraa, July 18, 2018. (JALAA MAREY/AFP)
July 19, 2018, 8:51 am
Israel, Russia said to work on return to 1974 deal for Syrian border area
Study groups reportedly looking at reestablishing agreement on no-man’s land, demilitarized zones and deployment of forces
By Stuart Winer
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