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Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa (C) leaves a bilateral room after his meeting with Qatar's Minister of Foreign Affairs during the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, in Antalya, on April 11
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Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa has ruled out normalizing ties with Israel, saying this could not happen amid the occupation of the Golan Heights

The New Arab Staff
27 August, 2025
Israel has occupied the Syrian Golan Heights since 1967 [Getty]
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A view of damaged Syrian army tanks and other heavy weapons is seen in the Yarmouk area, after Israeli artillery fire hit the area in response to rockets launched into Daraa, Syria, on June 04, 2025. (Photo by Muhammed Malik Hattab/Anadolu/Getty)
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A bus transporting visiting Druze men from Syria drives through a border barrier guarded by Israeli soldiers, as it approaches the village of Majdal Shams in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights
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Druze clerics from Syria visit Israel for the first time for religious pilgrimage [Getty]
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