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Israel Is in Talks to Free Woman Who Crossed the Syrian Frontier
Israel and Syria are working on a prisoner exchange, with Russian mediation, after an Israeli woman slipped over the boundary and was detained in Syria.
A piece of old mobile artillery near the border crossing between Syria and the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights on Wednesday.Credit.Ariel Schalit/Associated Press
Feb. 17, 2021
JERUSALEM Israel and Syria, long bitter foes, are engaged in Russian-mediated talks for a prisoner exchange after an Israeli woman recently crossed the frontier and was detained by the Syrian authorities, Syrian state media and Israeli officials said on Wednesday.