Anyone familiar with the issues assumes that an Israeli-Syrian negotiation, once resumed, would probably be successful.

The Israeli-Syrian negotiations included series of follow-on meetings, which according to some reports, came quite close, but failed to result in a peace treaty.

He was involved in Israeli-Syrian negotiations, both before and during his tenure as foreign minister.

These negotiations are preparing the grounds for direct Israeli-Syrian negotiations that will start in the second half of 2008.

But the Israeli-Syrian negotiations have no agreed framework.

She had apparently broken through an impasse and found a formula that would allow direct Israeli-Syrian negotiations to resume after nearly four years.

For many months, Israeli-Syrian negotiations have gone nowhere.

The Israeli-Syrian negotiations are even more ripe for such a secret high-level encounter.

That leaves Israeli-Syrian negotiations as the one major track on which there has not been dramatic progress.

Still, with Israeli-Syrian negotiations once again under way after a 45-month break, the Syrian government has been trying to keep optimism in check.