Israel agreed in principle to a Syrian proposal to allow regular reunions for Druse families living on opposite sides of the Israeli-Syrian border. A spokesman for the Red Cross said details still had to be worked out to allow reunions between Druse living in Syria and their relatives living in the Golan Heights.
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