Reports have emerged that Israel and Syria have reached about 80% agreement on border and security issues.
According to a report by Saudi Arabia's Al Arabiya, citing a source on the 21st (local time), security consultations regarding southern Syria were nearly finalized following a ministerial meeting between the two countries held in Paris on the 19th.
It is reported that both countries expressed their intentions to refrain from interfering in Syria's internal affairs and to work towards reducing tensions. Additionally, discussions included managing the situation in southern Suweida, where sectarian conflicts between Druze and Bedouin groups recently occurred, reactivating the demilitarized zone established by the ceasefire agreement made between Israel and Syria in 1974, and the bilateral memorandum of understanding (MOU).
The meeting on the 19th reportedly included Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad and Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer. They have continued follow-up conversations since discussing solutions for reducing tensions in southern Syria mediated by Tom Barrack, the U.S. special envoy for Syria, in Paris on the 24th of last month.
Israel has been deploying ground forces into Syrian territory across the Golan Heights after the Syrian Islamic rebels, Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), ousted the regime of Bashar al-Assad and established a transitional government last December. Additionally, after violent clashes erupted in Suweida last month, Israel conducted airstrikes on Damascus, justifying its military intervention by citing support for the Druze.