Two Syrians ought to be launched in return for a younger Israeli girl in swap mediated by Russia.
A prisoner swap between Syria and Israel, mediated by Russia, is underneath means.
Damascus is securing the discharge of two Syrians held in Israel in trade for releasing an Israeli girl who entered Syria by mistake, Syria’s official information company SANA reported on Wednesday.
The report didn’t present particulars on when the Syrians have been taken prisoners in Israel or when the Israeli girl entered Syria.
Nihal al-Makt, one of many Syrians, comes from a household with a number of members former prisoners in Israeli prisons.
SANA reported that the 2 Syrians are natives of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
Israel captured the territory within the 1967 Six-Day Struggle and annexed it in 1981, a transfer that’s not recognised internationally.
Al-Makt’s brother was launched final yr in a prisoner trade, additionally mediated by Russia, which got here after Syria returned the stays of an Israeli soldier killed in a 1982 battle.
Israeli officers declined to remark. There was no fast Russian remark.
Israeli media reported late on Tuesday that the Israeli authorities had convened for deliberations relating to a current incident associated to Syria.