Overview

• Trilateral talks in London lasted five hours with U.S. envoy Tom Barrack, as Syria delivered its counterproposal to Israel’s draft that maps security zones from southwest Damascus to the border.
• President Ahmed al-Sharaa said a pact could be reached “in the coming days” and insisted on United Nations monitoring plus respect for Syrian airspace and territorial unity.
• Israel’s proposal, modeled on the 1979 Egypt–Israel framework, would establish demilitarized zones and a broad no-fly area in southern Syria, with phased Israeli pullbacks but retention of a Mount Hermon position.
• Damascus seeks a halt to Israeli airstrikes and the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the south, while disputes over Mount Hermon and any discussion of the Golan Heights remain unresolved.
• Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani met U.S. lawmakers in Washington to discuss lifting remaining sanctions, with senators tying relief to progress on a deal and the U.S. mediator cautioning a final agreement is not yet imminent.