Diplomatic contacts intensify after Israeli strike in Syria
Separate diplomatic contacts involving Türkiye, Israel and Syria are underway to ease tensions following Israel’s Aug. 18 strike on the Abu Duhur airbase in northwestern Syria.
A high-level Syrian delegation headed by Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani met an Israeli delegation in Jordan on Aug. 23 under U.S. mediation, Syrian state news agency SANA reported.
The Syrian delegation also included the heads of the country’s general and military intelligence services.
SANA did not identify the Israeli representatives, while Axios reported, citing three sources familiar with the meeting, that al-Shaibani met Mossad chief Roman Gofman.
