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”.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Israel bombs Syria as US envoy says base attack aimed at ‘baiting’ Turkiyelist 2 of 3Envoy says Israel did not give the US notice before strikes on Syrian baselist 3 of 3Syria’s foreign minister says door open for diplomacy with Israelend of listThe 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.The US has so...