Overview

• Syria’s state news agency said Foreign Minister Asaad al‑Shaibani met an Israeli delegation in Paris to discuss de‑escalation, non‑interference, monitoring a Druze‑area ceasefire and terms linked to the 1974 disengagement agreement.
• SANA described the talks as U.S.‑mediated and said they produced understandings that support regional stability, though no details were released.
• A senior U.S. administration official confirmed the meeting took place, while there was no immediate public confirmation from Israel.
• State media’s explicit acknowledgment of direct contact with Israel was described in reports as the first such admission in more than 25 years.
• Tuesday’s session followed earlier U.S.‑brokered contacts, including a late‑July meeting between al‑Shaibani and Israeli minister Ron Dermer in Baku, against a backdrop of recent Sweida violence and Israeli strikes in Syria.