Lebanon-Syria: Toward ‘coordination’ in negotiations with Israel?

Caution still governs relations between Lebanon and Syria, sixteen months after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. Yet the regional war has made rapprochement between these neighboring countries with a troubled history more necessary than ever.With this in mind, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam led a ministerial delegation to Damascus on Saturday. During the visit, Lebanese officials raised with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa the longstanding issues shared by both countries, including detainees, border disputes, and economic cooperation. Growing relations To spare Lebanon the two-front trap: The Beirut–Damascus axis as a final bulwark But the talks focused above all on the ongoing conflict and negotiations with Israel, where both sides hope to carry greater weight together, particularly since Lebanese officials fear that Washington may...