Israel signals interest in peace talks with Syria, Lebanon Story by Zara Ahmed Israel said Monday it is “interested” in striking peace agreements with neighbouring Lebanon and Syria, a potentially historic shift in the region after decades of war and animosity. With Syria under a new leadership after the fall of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad and Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah movement weakened, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar told journalists his government wanted more normalisation agreements with Arab countries. “Israel is interested in expanding the Abraham Accords circle of peace and normalisation,” Saar said of...