A U.N. envoy urged Israel to act on Syrian peace overtures. Terje Roed-Larsen, the United Nations envoy to the Middle East, briefed the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Tuesday after securing an offer from Syrian President Bashar Assad to resume peace talks without preconditions.
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