[Informed Sources: U.S. Believes Israel-Syria Normalization Unlikely Before October] According to a report by Golden Finance on June 30, citing informed sources from The Jerusalem Post, the U.S. government believes that the likelihood of Israel and Syria achieving normalization of relations before Israel's parliamentary elections in October is 'very slim.' The report states that Syria has demanded Israel withdraw troops from the buffer zone, but the U.S. believes it is unlikely that Netanyahu will approve the withdrawal before the elections, which will become the main obstacle to advancing the normalization of relations between the two sides.