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Ahmed Al-Sharaa and Donald Trump at the White House – EYEPRESS via Reuters Connect<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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\r\n\tSyrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa confirmed in an interview with the *Washington Post* that his country is in direct talks with Israel<\/strong><\/p>

He accused the Israelis of wanting to expand territory, demanded the return of troops to the pre-December 8th borders, and said that US President Donald Trump supports the Syrian position in the ongoing negotiations.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nFollowing a historic visit to the White House, where he met with Trump, al-Sharaa recalled that Syria and Israel fought 50 years ago and, in 1974, signed a disengagement agreement that maintained peace on the borders for half a century.<\/p>

\r\n“When the Assad regime fell, Israel broke that agreement,” he stated.<\/p>

\r\n“They increased their military presence here, expelled the UN peacekeeping mission, and occupied new lands.”\r\n<\/p>

\r\nSince December 8th-the day al-Sharaa’s group, the Nusra Front, overthrew Bashar al-Assad-Israel has carried out more than a thousand airstrikes in Syria, including the Presidential Palace and the Ministry of Defense.<\/p>

\r\n“But, since our focus is on rebuilding the country, we haven’t retaliated,” he explained.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nAl-Sharaa dismissed the security justifications given by Israel.<\/p>

\r\nFor him, what motivates the attacks is the ambition to seize more land.<\/p>

\r\n“They always talked about fear of Iran and Hezbollah, but it was we who removed those forces from Syria,” he emphasized.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nEven with the tensions, the two nations are negotiating directly, with the support of the United States and other countries.<\/p>

\r\n“We have already made significant progress towards an agreement,” said al-Sharaa.<\/p>

\r\n“To finalize it completely, Israel needs to return to the lines it was in before December 8th.” He also revealed that Trump agrees with this view and will accelerate the process.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nAsked if he would accept demilitarizing the region south of Damascus, the president rejected the idea.<\/p>

\r\n“Demilitarizing an entire area is complicated.<\/p>

\r\nIf there’s chaos, who protects it? And if someone uses this zone to attack Israel, whose fault will it be”” he questioned.<\/p>

\r\n“It’s Syrian territory, and Syria needs the freedom to take care of what is its own.”\r\n<\/p>

\r\nIn an interview with Fox News broadcast on Monday, al-Sharaa was cautious about the possibility of Syria joining the Abraham Accords.<\/p>

\r\nHe did not confirm whether he would recognize Israel’s right to exist and only said: “We have a border with Israel, which has occupied the Golan Heights since 1967.<\/p>

\r\nWe are not going to negotiate that now.<\/p>

\r\nPerhaps, with the help of the Trump administration, we will reach that point.”\r\n<\/p>

\r\nIn September, while still in Damascus, al-Sharaa had told journalists that talks on a security pact with Israel could yield results “in a few days.” If the pact succeeds, it could open doors for other agreements, but normalization or a peace treaty with Israel are not on the table at the moment.

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