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Israel has revealed a detailed security proposal to Syria that includes a map of field arrangements and disarmament zones stretching from south-west Damascus to the Israeli border. The Israeli proposal is based on a model similar to Israel’s 1979 peace agreement with Egypt, according to Axios. The agreement divided the Sinai Peninsula into three areas – A, B and C – with different security measures and levels of demilitarisation depending on how close they were to the Israeli border. According to Israel’s Channel 12, one of the key principles in the proposal is keeping an air corridor to Iran through Syria. Syria has not yet responded to the proposal. Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer is expected to meet Syrian Foreign […]
