Hebrew media: Talks underway on agreements with Syria and warning over Hezbollah’s growing power

Lebanon 19-01-2026 | 12:07

Hebrew media: Talks underway on agreements with Syria and warning over Hezbollah’s growing power

Israeli media report that negotiations with Damascus are exploring a phased withdrawal from nine military positions in the Golan Heights and potential pullbacks from strategic areas on Mount Hermon.
Hebrew media: Talks underway on agreements with Syria and warning over Hezbollah’s growing power
Syrian Defense Ministry forces enter the northern city of Raqqa, on the northern bank of the Euphrates River. (AFP)
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Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper quoted Israeli sources as saying that “the agreements under discussion with Syria include a withdrawal from nine military sites seized by Israel in the Golan.”

It added: “The Israeli army is warning of a possible clause that would restrict Israeli strikes inside Syria, which could threaten to strengthen Hezbollah.”

The report continued: “There are discussions about an Israeli withdrawal from strategic areas on Mount Hermon in exchange for security guarantees from Damascus. Any limitation on operations could allow the reopening of weapons-smuggling corridors from Iran and Iraq to Hezbollah via Syria.”

It also said: “Among the contentious clauses in the talks between Syria and Israel is halting Israeli aid to the Druze community in southern Syria and around Damascus.”

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