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Shafaq News – Syria / Middle East / London

On Wednesday, Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani met
Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer in London with US envoy Tom
Barrack to discuss Israel’s latest proposal for a security agreement.

The proposal includes security arrangements and the
demilitarization of areas stretching from southwest of Damascus to the Israeli
border, Israeli Channel 12 reported, quoting sources. The framework under
discussion is designed to replace the 1974 disengagement agreement between the
two countries, which collapsed after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government
and Israel’s takeover of the buffer zone.

Modeled on the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty in Sinai, the
Israeli plan envisions dividing the area southwest of Damascus into three zones
with restrictions on troop numbers, weapons, and deployments, the sources
pointed out, adding that the proposal also calls for expanding the buffer zone
along the border by two kilometers on the Syrian side.

In the strip closest to Israel, Syrian forces would be
limited to police and internal security units, with heavy weapons and military
formations prohibited. The plan further designates the entire area southwest of
Damascus as a no-fly zone for the Syrian Air Force, while preserving an aerial
corridor for potential Israeli action against Iranian targets. In exchange, Israel offered a gradual withdrawal from Syrian
territories it controls, while insisting on retaining a presence at the “Crown
of Mount Hermon” under any future agreement.

It was the third meeting between Dermer and al-Shibani under
the sponsorship of the US administration.