{"id":4633,"date":"2025-07-01T08:16:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T08:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/?p=4633"},"modified":"2025-07-01T08:40:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T08:40:52","slug":"syria-could-drop-demand-that-israel-return-the-golan-heights-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/01\/syria-could-drop-demand-that-israel-return-the-golan-heights-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria could drop demand that Israel return the Golan Heights \u2013 media"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier, the IDF attacked the country, claiming to be protecting the Druze population<\/strong><\/p>\n

Former warlord Ahmad al-Sharaa, who seized power in Syria last year, may abandon the country\u2019s claim to sovereignty over the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights in exchange for normalized ties with West Jerusalem, according to a report by Lebanese media.<\/p>\n

Israel captured a large portion of the 1,800 square kilometer region of Syria\u2019s Quneitra Governorate during the 1967 war and effectively annexed it in 1981. Amid the turmoil during al-Sharaa\u2019s rise to power, the IDF seized additional territory.<\/p>\n

The IDF has also carried out multiple airstrikes against Syrian troops loyal to the current government, which West Jerusalem said were intended to protect the local Druze population, an ethnoreligious minority community which inhabits the contested region.<\/p>\n

Lebanese broadcaster LBCI reported Monday that the two countries could normalize relations as part of a broad agreement. Under the proposed deal, Israel would recognize al-Sharaa\u2019s legitimacy, withdraw troops from areas seized since his December takeover, and agree to Syria\u2019s military presence near its borders with Israel and Jordan, with certain restrictions.<\/p>\n

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In exchange, \u201cIsrael is expected to secure full sovereignty\u201d<\/em> over the Golan Heights, LBCI said, citing sources familiar with Syrian affairs. The report added that internal hardliner opposition, including from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham \u2013 the jihadist group formerly led by al-Sharaa \u2013 could derail the effort.<\/p>\n

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa\u2019ar said Monday that Israel will maintain control of the Golan Heights under any future peace arrangement with Syria.<\/p>\n

Al-Sharaa has sought international recognition since ousting President Bashar Assad. Under former President Barack Obama, the United States aimed to remove Assad through a combination of sanctions and covert support for anti-government armed groups labeled \u201cmoderate rebels.\u201d<\/em> On Monday, President Donald Trump lifted most US sanctions on Syria in order to facilitate the flow of foreign aid for the country\u2019s reconstruction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Earlier, the IDF attacked the country, claiming to be protecting the Druze population Former warlord Ahmad al-Sharaa, who seized power in Syria last year, may abandon the country\u2019s claim to sovereignty over the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights in exchange for normalized ties with West Jerusalem, according to a report by Lebanese media. Israel captured a large…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4633"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4636,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4633\/revisions\/4636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}