Syrian President Ahmad Al-Shara met on Sunday with an Arab media delegation in the capital, Damascus.
According to a statement from the Syrian presidency, the delegation included a number of heads of media institutions, editors-in-chief of Arab newspapers, and former ministers of information. No further details about the meeting’s content were provided.
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However, Television Syria quoted Al-Shara as saying in media remarks that there are "advanced discussions regarding a possible security agreement between Damascus and Tel Aviv."
He noted that "any understanding would be based on the 1974 armistice line."
Al-Shara added: “Any agreement or decision that serves the interests of Syria and the region, I will not hesitate to make.”
On Tuesday, Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shibani met with an Israeli delegation in the French capital, Paris, to discuss de-escalation, non-interference in Syrian affairs, and reaching understandings that support regional stability, according to the official Syrian news agency SANA at the time.
SANA reported that Tuesday's discussions with the Israeli delegation also focused on "reaching understandings that support regional stability, monitoring the ceasefire in Suwayda (south), and reactivating the 1974 agreement."
The agency noted that "these discussions are taking place under American mediation, as part of diplomatic efforts aimed at enhancing security and stability in Syria and preserving the unity and integrity of its territory."
Since July 19, a ceasefire has been in effect in Suwayda following a week-long armed clash between Druze groups and Bedouin tribes, which left hundreds dead.
However, Israel exploited the situation, using the pretext of "protecting the Druze" to escalate its aggression and violations against Syria — actions that Damascus has deemed blatant interference in its internal affairs. Syria has demanded that Israel be compelled to comply with the Disengagement of Forces Agreement signed between the two sides in 1974.
