Syria: Section 1 - Data

摘要

1. Defense spending still under SYP100 billion ($2 billion), and likely to remain below that mark through the next several yearsrn2. Backroom talks with regional rival Israel rumored to have occurred in 2008 with the outline to a potential agreement involving Israel giving back parts of the Golan Heights in return for a peace treaty with Syria, and an agreement by Damascus to refrain from arming and financing Hezbollahrn3. Syria could be acquiring 14 MiG-29SMT fighters from Russia, but its request for SS-26 Iskander-E tactical ballistic missiles continues to be knocked down by Moscow.