{"id":41100,"date":"2026-02-02T15:04:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T15:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/963media.com\/en\/?p=41100"},"modified":"2026-02-02T15:04:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T15:04:12","slug":"one-month-to-secure-a-deal-us-pressure-on-damascus-israel-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/963media.com\/en\/02\/02\/2026\/one-month-to-secure-a-deal-us-pressure-on-damascus-israel-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"One Month to Secure a Deal: US Pressure on Damascus\u2013Israel Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Negotiations between Syria and Israel have returned to the political foreground after weeks of stagnation, as international efforts intensify to contain rising tensions in the Middle East. Security talks, resumed in Paris under United States sponsorship, are unfolding amid mounting American pressure to finalise an agreement between Damascus and Tel Aviv within a sharply defined timeframe. The renewed momentum comes against the backdrop of unresolved disputes along Syria\u2019s southern frontier, most notably Israel\u2019s continued military presence in the Mount Hermon area, which remains a central obstacle to any comprehensive understanding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/trump-gives-netanyahu-month-syria-security-deal-sources\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Middle East Eye<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, US President Donald Trump has issued Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a one-month deadline to conclude a security agreement with Damascus. The deadline, which runs until late February or early March, is widely seen as a deliberate attempt to force progress after repeated negotiation failures. Sources describe the timetable as unusually tight, carrying a clear American message that prolonged delays will no longer be tolerated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trump is also reported to have conveyed this timeline directly to Syria\u2019s interim president, Ahmad Al-Sharaa, during a recent telephone call. Expectations are now growing that, should negotiations proceed without major disruption in the coming weeks, an agreement could be announced in the near term. For Washington, the deadline is part of a broader strategy aimed at stabilising Syria\u2019s southern border and using the Syrian file as a gateway to wider regional de-escalation.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Damascus\u2019 conditions and sovereignty concerns<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From Damascus\u2019 perspective, any negotiation with Israel must be anchored in the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity. Syrian officials have repeatedly stressed that talks cannot proceed unless Israel commits to halting interference in Syria\u2019s internal affairs and refrains from exploiting minority issues, particularly in southern Syria and the north-east. These matters, Damascus insists, fall exclusively within the remit of the Syrian state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shaher al-Shaher, Professor of International Studies at Sun Yat-sen University in China, tells <\/span><b>+963<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that Syria\u2019s core demands revolve around explicit security guarantees. These include Israel\u2019s withdrawal from areas entered after 8 December, following the fall of the previous regime, and a return to the pre-existing boundary lines. Damascus also insists on the full reactivation of the 1974 Disengagement of Forces Agreement as the sole legal framework governing military arrangements between the two sides.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Khaled Khalil, an expert on Syrian\u2013Israeli relations, argues in statements to<\/span><b> +963 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that Damascus entered the talks with clear and realistic positions. In his assessment, Syria\u2019s objective is to end Israeli incursions and restore territorial control, enabling the government to focus on domestic reconstruction without compromising national rights. From this perspective, Israeli security justifications for continued deployment inside Syrian territory lack credibility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This view is reinforced by Al-Shaher, who notes that Israel has carried out thousands of air strikes over recent years, destroying much of Syria\u2019s heavy military infrastructure. In his assessment, this undermines claims that Syria poses an imminent threat to Israeli national security. Khalil similarly contends that Israel has struggled to recalibrate its strategic posture following the collapse of the Assad regime, relying instead on ideological assumptions that have increasingly been questioned within Israel itself, including by the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>US pressure and a shift in the talks<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Observers point to the fifth round of negotiations, known as \u201cParis 3\u201d, as a significant turning point. Khalil argues that the process shifted from escalation to de-escalation largely due to direct American pressure on Netanyahu, which, he says, compelled Israel to scale back military actions that violated international law and Syrian sovereignty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the current phase has brought a relative calm, both analysts caution that de-escalation remains fragile unless translated into concrete confidence-building measures on the ground. Al-Shaher adds that Syria\u2019s interim government is placing considerable weight on the United States as the primary guarantor of any future agreement. In his view, Washington is no longer seeking a symbolic peace accord but a functional and enforceable arrangement that reshapes security dynamics.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Trump\u2019s vision of a new peace model<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al-Shaher believes that Trump intends to present a Syrian\u2013Israeli agreement as a new model for peace in the Middle East, positioning it as a personal political achievement for domestic and international audiences alike. The US administration, he argues, now views Syria\u2019s new leadership as a credible partner, particularly on counterterrorism, limiting Iranian influence, preventing the re-emergence of armed militias, and blocking weapons transfers to Hezbollah.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Within this framework, President Al-Sharaa is increasingly seen in Washington as a preferred interlocutor. Al-Shaher notes that Trump\u2019s enthusiasm for engaging Damascus appears to exceed that of other branches of the US administration, creating political space for rapid diplomatic movement. Developments in north-eastern Syria have further strengthened international confidence in Damascus, a shift reflected in recent statements by Syria\u2019s Interior Ministry confirming accelerated implementation of security arrangements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the Israeli standpoint, al-Shaher argues that peace with Syria carries strategic weight. Syria\u2019s historical influence in the Arab world, through its cultural and political reach, makes it a pivotal actor. He recalls the long-standing Israeli maxim that \u201cthere is no war without Egypt and no peace without Syria\u201d, suggesting that while Egypt closed the chapter of regional wars at Camp David, Israel now seeks to complete the peace architecture through Damascus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Economic considerations also play a role, particularly from Washington\u2019s perspective. The US approach increasingly emphasises a Middle East free of armed factions, oriented towards stability and investment rather than perpetual conflict.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Regional calculations and the post-south arrangements<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A key question, Al-Shaher notes, is whether Syria would sign a peace agreement with Israel outside a broader Arab framework, particularly without Saudi Arabia. Israel, he argues, views both Syria and Saudi Arabia as essential pillars of any regional settlement, given Riyadh\u2019s political and economic weight. Damascus, for its part, appears keen to situate any peace process within a collective Arab context rather than pursuing a standalone agreement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al-Shaher also stresses that Washington is determined to prevent southern Syria from becoming a theatre of rivalry between Israel and Turkey. In this reading, an Israeli withdrawal from the south could eventually trigger parallel pressure on Turkish forces to leave northern Syria, on the grounds that security justifications would no longer apply.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Khalil highlights the 6 January Paris meeting as a moment of tangible progress, claiming that around 90 per cent of disputed issues were resolved. The talks reportedly moved from confrontation to de-escalation and included discussions on establishing a trilateral coordination room in Jordan involving the United States, Israel and Syria. This mechanism would oversee security, military and intelligence coordination, alongside economic dimensions. Proposals under discussion include replacing buffer zones with joint commercial, industrial and tourism areas along the border.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Khalil concludes that Damascus now holds strong legal and political cards, particularly given ongoing Israeli actions that contravene international law. In his assessment, Syria\u2019s post-transition status has positioned it as a cornerstone of regional stability, a view increasingly echoed by Washington. He describes current Israeli strikes as temporary and politically motivated, aimed at improving negotiating leverage, a dynamic that ultimately prompted Trump to issue what he terms a \u201cred card\u201d to Netanyahu \u2013 culminating in the latest Paris understandings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Negotiations between Syria and Israel have returned to the political foreground after weeks of stagnation, as international efforts intensify to contain rising tensions in the Middle East. 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