US Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barak: The Syrian leadership has expressed a willingness to establish a different relationship with Israel, and Damascus is not a threat to it, and seeks to reach a peace agreement and normalization. Syrian Foreign Minister Asad al-Shaybani to Al-Sharq Bloomberg: We appreciate the positive attitudes of Tom Barak, but he speaks from the perspective of the role he represents. As for us in Syria, we have the resolve and determination to continue on the path of negotiation, and we also have the will to defend ourselves and our people. Syria will not give up its rights in the Golan, since it is Syrian land, and we will not give it up.