Overview

• Israel has presented a mapped plan that would create demilitarized and no‑fly zones southwest of Damascus, divide the area into three sectors, and extend the current buffer by roughly two kilometers.
• A trilateral session in London brought together Israeli minister Ron Dermer, Syrian foreign minister Asaad al‑Shaibani, and U.S. envoy Tom Barrack as Syria prepares a counterproposal.
• President Ahmed al‑Sharaa says any arrangement must respect Syria’s airspace and territorial integrity, with goals that include halting Israeli strikes and securing an Israeli pullback from southern Syria.
• Israel proposes withdrawing from territory seized since December while retaining a strategic position on Mount Hermon, with some reports describing an Israeli demand to preserve an aerial corridor over Syria.
• Barrack cautions that the sides are not close to signing, even as a Saudi‑owned outlet reports claims of 95% agreement and a possible signing target around the UN General Assembly.