A source familiar with the matter told i24NEWS that the US administration believes the chances of advancing normalization between Israel and Syria before the upcoming Israeli elections are very slim. Syria's central demand is that Israel carry out some form of withdrawal from the buffer zone on the Golan Heights.
i24NEWS reported exclusively on Monday evening that the US administration assesses only a slim chance of normalization between Israel and Syria before Israel's upcoming elections. According to a source briefed on the matter, the American assessment is that the window for a diplomatic breakthrough has narrowed considerably as the election campaign intensifies. Syria's central demand remains an Israeli withdrawal from the buffer zone — the strip established by the 1974 Separation of Forces Agreement.
As The Zioneer previously reported, the Trump administration has been pressing both sides to resume security talks, with Damascus reportedly demanding a return to the 1974 lines. The context items reflect a wider US diplomatic push across multiple fronts — including Lebanon and Iran — but the Syria track now appears stalled by both internal Israeli political timelines and the territorial terms set by Damascus. No official Israeli or Syrian response to the i24NEWS report has been published as of Monday evening.
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