Syria’s military chief of staff said Damascus would not back off its demand for a full Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights to the shores of the Sea of Galilee in exchange for peace. Quoted in the ruling party’s Al-Baath newspaper, Ali Aslan said that if the Israeli government is serious about peace, Syria is ready to reciprocate.
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