Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says that mediators are working to relaunch peace talks between Syria and Israel.
Assad did not identify the mediators but diplomats in Damascus said Turkey had been relaying messages between Syria and Israel. Negotiations between the two countries collapsed in 2000 over the scope of a proposed Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights, seized by Israel in 1967. International attempts to persuade Syria and Israel to resume talks have since foundered with both sides attaching conditions to a return to the negotiating table.
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