[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  The Cradle [@TheCradleMedia](/creator/twitter/TheCradleMedia) on x 181.6K followers Created: 2025-07-18 18:15:27 UTC According to UK-funded journal 'Syria in Transition': Suwayda crisis traces back to 'diplomatic miscommunication' in Baku, Azerbaijan: – Syrian and Israeli officials held a closed-door meeting in Baku last Saturday, exploring prospects for a peace agreement. – Syria proposed restoring the 1974 Ceasefire Agreement and offered a package of confidence-building measures (CBMs) to unfold over five years, laying the groundwork for a full peace deal. – Israel rejected the proposal, declaring the 1974 deal “null and void.” – Tel Aviv demanded: ▫️ A new security arrangement with Israeli troops deployed beyond the Golan for X years ▫️ A “warm normalization” modeled after UAE ties – embassies and business links – Syria flatly rejected these demands. – Despite the impasse, Syria offered additional CBMs: ▫️ Intelligence files on Israeli spy Eli Cohen ▫️ Heavy weapon withdrawals from the south ▫️ Request for Israel to greenlight the integration of Suwayda into state structures – Israel reportedly agreed – but had a narrower interpretation of Suwayda's reintegration, limited to restoring government services and minimal, local security. – Damascus believed it had a green light for a full takeover and sent General Security forces into Suwayda, using ongoing Druze–Bedouin tensions as a pretext. – The move backfired immediately: troops entered without coordination with Hikmat al-Hijri's Druze faction and were ambushed. – The bloodshed triggered a wider escalation, and Israel retaliated militarily, viewing Syria’s action as a breach of their verbal understanding. – Sharaa misjudged both US backing and the strength of pro-government Druze factions. – He also underestimated Hijri’s popularity and was possibly misled by hawkish ministers seeking fast gains. – The result: ▫️ Hundreds dead ▫️ Sharaa’s image cracked among armed factions ▫️ Rise in sectarian incitement against the Druze ▫️ Growing international criticism of Sharaa’s coercive integration strategy ▫️ Frustration in Ankara, and hardened distrust from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)  XXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [azerbaijan](/topic/azerbaijan) [syria](/topic/syria) [Post Link](https://x.com/TheCradleMedia/status/1946272620661424426)
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Created: 2025-07-18 18:15:27 UTC
According to UK-funded journal 'Syria in Transition': Suwayda crisis traces back to 'diplomatic miscommunication' in Baku, Azerbaijan:
– Syrian and Israeli officials held a closed-door meeting in Baku last Saturday, exploring prospects for a peace agreement.
– Syria proposed restoring the 1974 Ceasefire Agreement and offered a package of confidence-building measures (CBMs) to unfold over five years, laying the groundwork for a full peace deal.
– Israel rejected the proposal, declaring the 1974 deal “null and void.”
– Tel Aviv demanded:
▫️ A new security arrangement with Israeli troops deployed beyond the Golan for X years ▫️ A “warm normalization” modeled after UAE ties – embassies and business links
– Syria flatly rejected these demands.
– Despite the impasse, Syria offered additional CBMs:
▫️ Intelligence files on Israeli spy Eli Cohen ▫️ Heavy weapon withdrawals from the south ▫️ Request for Israel to greenlight the integration of Suwayda into state structures
– Israel reportedly agreed – but had a narrower interpretation of Suwayda's reintegration, limited to restoring government services and minimal, local security.
– Damascus believed it had a green light for a full takeover and sent General Security forces into Suwayda, using ongoing Druze–Bedouin tensions as a pretext.
– The move backfired immediately: troops entered without coordination with Hikmat al-Hijri's Druze faction and were ambushed.
– The bloodshed triggered a wider escalation, and Israel retaliated militarily, viewing Syria’s action as a breach of their verbal understanding.
– Sharaa misjudged both US backing and the strength of pro-government Druze factions.
– He also underestimated Hijri’s popularity and was possibly misled by hawkish ministers seeking fast gains.
– The result: ▫️ Hundreds dead ▫️ Sharaa’s image cracked among armed factions ▫️ Rise in sectarian incitement against the Druze ▫️ Growing international criticism of Sharaa’s coercive integration strategy ▫️ Frustration in Ankara, and hardened distrust from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)
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