Syria cutting ties with Iran???

Yeah Right!
Take this with a grain of salt. The media and the political machine is trying to make someone look good over!



On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Israeli official: Syria ready to sever ties with Iran - Worthy

Israeli official: Syria ready to sever ties with Iran
Former Foreign Ministry director-general involved in indirect talks between
Israel, Syria says President Assad willing to break off close links with
Tehran if US gives his country financial, military backing
Ynet
Syria is ready to break off its close links with Iran if the United States
gives it financial and military backing, former Foreign Ministry
Director-General Alon Liel has told The Sunday Telegraph.
Liel said that progress has been made in the unofficial talks between
Jerusalem and Damascus, but that long months of negotiations may still be
ahead.
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According to the diplomat, who has been engaged in low-key "second track"
discussions with Syrian representatives for many months, Syrian President
Bashar Assad is increasingly open to a deal which would greatly weaken
Iranian influence in the region.
Liel said the prospect of a peace agreement with Syria was growing, though
it might require a new American president before a deal could be agreed.
"They are asking not only for the Golan Heights but a change in Washington
that will break the Syrian isolation internationally," he said. "But I also
think they will not do it unless they are assured they have an alternative
to Iran."
Assad and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert are both expected to attend a
conference of Mediterranean nations in France next weekend. Although the two
leaders are expected to sit at the same table, they are not scheduled to
hold a meeting.

"I don't think it matters. What is more important is that these discussions
are going on," The Sunday Telegraph quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Arye
Mekel as saying.
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Mouallem said such a meeting would be
"premature" but has not ruled it out.
'Golan Heights considered Israel's Tuscany'
Liel said "months" of negotiation still lie ahead to overcome the gaps
between the two sides.
"The Golan Heights is considered our Tuscany. Israelis fell in love with the
Golan - and it's a very easy conflict for us. That's why it's so difficult
to convince Israel to withdraw," he noted.
The London-based Arabic-language al-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper reported over
the weekend that the third round of talks between Israel and Syria, which
took place in Turkey this week, dealt with issues both sides consider
fundamental: An Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights and Damascus' ties
with Iran, Hizbullah and Hamas.
An Israeli source associated with the delegation told the paper that the
talks were held in a serious and positive atmosphere, despite the deep gaps
between the two parties. According to the report, the sides agreed on dates
for three additional rounds of talks in July and August.

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