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Turkish PM due in Damascus

Türkiye Materials 26 April 2008 11:47 (UTC +04:00)

Recip Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's prime minister, is travelling to Damascus to discuss the possible resumption of peace talks between Israel and Syria, the Aljazeera reported.

Turkey has been taking some of the biggest steps toward restarting negotiations between the two Middle East rivals.

Through mediation, Turkey is said to have secured assurances that Israel is willing to return the Golan Heights to Syria which it has occupied for more than 40 years.

Israel seized the strategically important plateau from Syria in the 1967 Middle East War, and annexed it in 1981.

Opponents warn a deal with Israel could increase tensions between Syria and Iran.

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