{"id":1785,"date":"2025-05-27T17:11:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T17:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jagsystem.com\/"},"modified":"2025-05-27T17:11:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T17:11:30","slug":"israel-e-siria-realizam-reunioes-presenciais-para-reduzir-tensoes-na-fronteira-dizem-fontes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/israelagora.com.br\/en\/?page_id=1785","title":{"rendered":"Israel, syria hold face-to-face meetings to ease border tensions, sources say"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An Israeli soldier on the border fence with Syria, in the northern Israeli town of Majdal Shams, on May 9, 2025. (Michael Giladi\/FLash90)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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\r\n\tIsrael and Syria are in close contact and have held face-to-face meetings in recent weeks to try to ease tensions and avoid conflict along the border between the two longtime enemies, according to five people familiar with the matter<\/strong><\/p>

The contacts began after indirect talks through intermediaries since the Islamist rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham toppled former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in December, according to two Syrian sources, two Western sources and a regional intelligence source.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nThe sources spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter, as the two countries do not have official relations and have a history of rivalry.<\/p>

\r\nThe direct meetings and their scope have not been previously reported.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nOn the Syrian side, the talks were led by Ahmad al-Dalati, a senior security official appointed governor of Quneitra province, which borders the Golan Heights.<\/p>

\r\nDalati also recently took over security in Syria’s southern province of Sweida, home to the country’s Druze minority.<\/p>

\r\nIt was not immediately clear who participated in the meetings on the Israeli side, but two sources said they were security officials.<\/p>

\r\nThree of the sources said there had been several rounds of face-to-face meetings in the border region, including in Israeli-controlled areas.<\/p>

\r\nThe Israeli Foreign Ministry and Syrian officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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