DAMASCUS: Syria expects to finalise security and military agreements with Israel this year, an official said on Thursday (Sep 18), in what would be a breakthrough less than a year after Bashar al-Assad's ouster.With the United States pushing for a settlement between the two neighbours, Foreign Minister Asaad

Syria aims to finalize security and military agreements with Israel, with US support, after Assad's ouster.

Syrian and Israeli officials have been holding talks about security arrangements along their shared border as part of U.S.-mediated efforts to reset decades of hostility.

Syria said on Tuesday that it was working with the United States to reach mutual security understandings with Israel, which has demanded the demilitarisation of the country's south.The...