Damascus and Tel Aviv are more likely to reach a security agreement.
In this report, the Israeli Channel 15 TV quoted Syrian sources as saying that negotiations on a security agreement between the Syrian interim government and the Israeli regime have made great progress in recent weeks.
The Syrian sources, who asked not to be named, said that the possibility of signing this security agreement in the near future has increased.
According to IRNA, following the suspension of security talks between the Israeli regime and Syria, the Israeli Channel 12 TV previously reported that Benjamin Netanyahu announced in his recent meeting with the US special envoy that he would soon appoint a new representative to lead these talks.
The Israeli Channel 12 TV news reported, citing two American officials, that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced in his recent meeting with the US special envoy to Syria, Tom Barak, that he would soon appoint a new representative to lead security talks with Damascus, a representative who would replace the Minister of Strategic Affairs, Ron Dermer, for the talks.
Dermer, who resigned on November 11, had held four rounds of talks with Damascus on a security agreement before resigning, but the talks stalled after he left the government. According to American sources, Barak called for the resumption of talks in a recent meeting with Netanyahu and asked the prime minister who would take responsibility for leading the process on Israel’s behalf.
The Americans had previously said that Dermer, as Israel’s special representative, would continue the talks outside of Netanyahu’s cabinet structure, but a senior American official told the network that Netanyahu had emphasized that Dermer would no longer be in charge of the case, which is why the prime minister intends to appoint someone with a security background to the mission.
These developments come as the Israeli occupation’s aggressions in southern Syria have become a daily occurrence in recent weeks, actions that include ground raids, the establishment of checkpoints, and widespread destruction and killing of Syrian civilians.
The US government has also acknowledged that Netanyahu’s recent actions have caused further instability in Syria and have hindered Washington’s efforts to reach a new security agreement between Damascus and Tel Aviv.
Earlier, Asaad al-Shaibani, the Foreign Minister of the Syrian interim government, had announced that Damascus could not continue security talks while Israel had occupied new parts of Syrian territory.