Despite Julani's reported request, Israeli authorities allegedly stated they had received no formal communication on the matter.
Top diplomats from Germany and France went to Damascus on behalf of the European Union. It’s the first such trip in years, part of a flurry of Western outreach.
The German and French foreign ministers are heading to Damascus to send what the German minister said is a clear signal that a “political new beginning" between Europe and Syria is possible. Germany’s Annalena Baerbock and France’s Jean-Noel Barrot are expected to meet the leader of the group that toppled Bashar Assad,
"Our problem is not with Israel. We don't want to meddle in anything that will threaten Israel's security," Damascus Governor Maher Marwan tells NPR. Syria and Israel have never had diplomatic ties.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli troops will remain in Syrian territory indefinitely, blurring the border with Israel's northern neighbor.
The German and French foreign ministers are heading to Damascus to send what the German minister said is a clear signal that a ''political new beginning" between Europe and Syria is possible.
Syria’s leadership isn’t the only aspect of the country to be changing as a result of this month’s toppling of longtime dictator, Bashar al-Assad. The blurring of its borders is also underway — from Israel to the southwest and Turkey to the north.
Ukraine is pledging support for the new authorities in Syria, which was once a key Russian ally in the Mideast.
The Syrian Free Army "values its partnership with the United States in the fight against ISIS," Colonel Anteri told Newsweek.
Israel's military said the underground site was primed to produce hundreds of precision missiles for use against Israel by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah.
Steven Simon is a Distinguished Fellow and Visting Professor at Dartmouth College and a senior fellow at the Quincy Institute. He served as the National Security Council senior director for counterterrorism in the Clinton administration and the senior director for the Middle East and North Africa in the Obama administration.