Syria, Israel hold US-mediated talks in Jordan to de-escalate tensions
Syria’s Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani has met with Israeli intelligence officials in Jordan, according to Syrian state media, as the two sides work to de-escalate tensions following an Israeli attack on a Syrian airbase near the Turkish border. Syria’s Sana news agency, citing a diplomatic source, said the talks were mediated by the United States and involved a “high-level Israeli delegation”.

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- Fact 1: Israel has launched hundreds of strikes on Syria since the fall of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in December 2024 and sent troops into a United Nations-patrolled buffer zone that had long separated Israeli and Syrian forces in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
- Fact 2: Syria’s immediate priorities in the talks remained an Israeli withdrawal to positions held before al-Assad’s overthrow and the full restoration of a 1974 disengagement agreement, Sana reported.
Syria’s Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani has met with Israeli intelligence officials in Jordan, according to Syrian state media, as the two sides work to de-escalate tensions following an Israeli attack on a Syrian airbase near the Turkish border. Syria’s Sana news agency, citing a diplomatic source, said the talks were mediated by the United States and involved a “high-level Israeli delegation”.
Israel bombs Syria as US envoy says base attack aimed at ‘baiting’ Turkiye Envoy says Israel did not give the US notice before strikes on Syrian base Syria’s foreign minister says door open for diplomacy with Israel The AFP news agency reported that al-Shaibani met the head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, Roman Gofman. According to Sana, the discussions “focused on establishing practical mechanisms to halt Israeli attacks, arrests and targeting operations” as well as “reviving negotiations for a lasting security agreement between the two sides”. They also discussed efforts to ease tensions between Israel and Turkiye and to prevent their rivalry from spilling onto Syrian territory, Sana reported.
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Original source: Al Jazeera
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