22/05/2008 (Agence Europe) - Israel and Syria confirmed, on Wednesday 21 May, that indirect peace talks between them are underway with Turkey acting as an intermediary. The main subject of discussion concerns the conditions for withdrawing Israeli troops from the Golan Heights, held since 1967. The tricky point will be the fate reserved to 18,000 Israeli settlers there. “Both parties have decided to open these discussions in a spirit of good intentions and to continue them seriously with a...