Syria’s al-Sharaa confirms talks with Israel amid soaring tensions

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
tensions between the two nations, Al Jazeera reported on Wednesday.The announcement comes after an escalation in Israeli attacks on Syria
last week, including a strike that landed just 500 metres (1,640 feet) from the presidential palace in Damascus on Friday.Israel claimed its
with Israel through mediators to calm and attempt to absorb the situation so that it does not reach a level that both sides lose control
trip to a European country since assuming office after he led opposition fighters in a lightning offensive that toppled longtime ruler
sanctionsSpeaking in Paris after meeting President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace, al-Sharaa called for the lifting of economic
consider gradually lifting European Union sanctions if Syria continued along its current path.
This article first appeared/also appeared in Tehran Times