Daily Memo: Secret Israel-Syria Meeting, UK-French Nuclear Coordination

An agreement between Israel and the new Syrian regime is apparently close.

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Israel-Syria deal. Details have emerged of a secret meeting in Abu Dhabi between Tzachi Hanegbi, head of Israel’s National Security Council, and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa. According to Lebanese channel Al Mayadeen, diplomatic sources said al-Sharaa agreed to renounce Syria’s territorial claims to the Golan Heights if Israel formally recognized his regime. The reported deal […]

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