One Israeli soldier prays as others stand on their tank during a military exercise near the Israeli town of Katzrin, in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, on November 10, 2009. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that his country was ready to resume suspended talks with Israel and called on European nations to help in the process. Turkey last year brokered four rounds of indirect talks between Israel and Syria, focusing on the thorny issue of the return of the Golan Heights, a strategic plateau seized by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 week ago

One Israeli soldier prays as others stand on their tank during a military exercise near the Israeli town of Katzrin, in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, on November 10, 2009. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that his country was ready to resume suspended talks with Israel and called on European nations to help in the process. Turkey last year brokered four rounds of indirect talks between Israel and Syria, focusing on the thorny issue of the return of the Golan Heights, a strategic plateau seized by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war.

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