After nearly 14 years of war in Syria, the new government is resetting its regional relations, and a lot of focus is on what will happen with Israel.There are reports of talks between Syria and Israel, with timelines even being floated for potential normalisation between the two countries, which have technically been at war since the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
Here’s what you need to know about possible normalisation between Syria and Israel:
What has happened so far?
Syria and Israel have held direct talks, according to Israeli media, about potentially entering into a normalisation agreement.
Communication between the two states has reportedly been facilitated by the United Arab Emirates, which established a backchannel for contact.
Any agreement would likely be an extension of the Abraham Accords, an agreement brokered by the United States between some Arab states and Israel.
The Abraham Accords were a top-down approach by Donald Trump during his first term as US president to get Arab states to formalise relations with Israel.
They were signed in August and September 2020 by the UAE and Bahrain, and soon followed by Sudan and Morocco.
Since then, Trump has worked to expand the accords by pushing more countries to sign agreements with Israel.
Trump visited three countries in the Middle East in May, and, while in Saudi Arabia, he met Syria’s new president, Ahmed al-Sh …
