Report: US Offered To Withdraw Troops From Syria in Exchange for Assad Cutting Ties With Iran

The report said the offer to pull out troops and other proposals made by the US and Gulf Arab states were made in coordination with Israeli strikes on Syria as part of a “two-pronged approach” to pressure Assad to abandon his alliance with Iran and Hezbollah, which would impede weapons shipments from Iran to Lebanon.

Since October 2023, Israel has dramatically stepped up airstrikes on Syria, bombing the country over 220 times. The Times report said that Israel, with support from the US, was eager to “take advantage” of the October 7 Hamas attack on southern Israel to ramp up the pressure on Syria.