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Syria says US-mediated talks addressed de-escalation, staying out of Israel-Turkey tensions

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · · 686 words
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Syria says US-mediated talks addressed de-escalation, staying out of Israel-Turkey tensions Syria and Israel held US-mediated talks in Jordan on Sunday to defuse the crisis sparked by a strike that Israel said was aimed at preventing a Turkish military…

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Syria says US-mediated talks addressed de-escalation, staying out of Israel-Turkey tensions Syria and Israel held US-mediated talks in Jordan on Sunday to defuse the crisis sparked by a strike that Israel said was aimed at preventing a Turkish military…

Why it matters

Damascus says it wants to stay out of the tensions between Israel and Turkey.

Common ground

Syria said it held US-mediated talks with Israel in Jordan on Sunday focusing on de-escalation after recent Israeli strikes, and on keeping the country out of tensions between Israel and Turkey, an ally of Damascus.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “a move only recognised by the United States and, this month, Colombia”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 2: “Israel has launched hundreds of strikes on Syria since the December 2024 toppling of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad by Islamist forces”
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Wikipedia confirms the fall of the Assad regime on December 8, 2024, and news sources (France 24, others) confirm Israel has launched hundreds of strikes since that event.
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web search NEUTRAL — On 8 December 2024, the Assad regime in Syria collapsed during a major offensive by opposition forces. The offensive was spearheaded by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, the Syrian National Army, and the Souther…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_the_Assad_regime
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web search NEUTRAL — Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes in Syria since Islamist leaders took over from Assad, and has made repeated incursions into Syrian territory. Officials have also repeatedly vowed to keep tr…
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260910-netanyahu-v…
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web search NEUTRAL — Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's government in December 2024, Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes across Syria and moved troops into areas near the Golan Heights.
https://www.firstpost.com/world/israel-strikes-syria-again-a…
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Claim 3: “the sides in January agreed to establish an intelligence-sharing mechanism”
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The claim is reported by The Hindu and corroborated by web search results mentioning negotiations in Paris in January where an intelligence-sharing mechanism/communication cell was agreed upon.
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web search NEUTRAL — Israel and Syria's new authorities have held several rounds of direct talks, and after negotiations in Paris in January they agreed to establish a dedicated communication cell under US supervision to …
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/08/syria-says-isra…
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web search NEUTRAL — Israel and Syria agreed during talks in the French capital, Paris, mediated by the United States, to establish a communication mechanism to coordinate on security, intelligence, and commercial issues,…
https://english.enabbaladi.net/archives/2026/01/barrack-brea…
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web search NEUTRAL — After January negotiations in Paris, the sides agreed to establish an intelligence-sharing mechanism as they edge towards a security agreement.
https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2026/09/01/sy…
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Claim 4: “Israel bombed the disused Abu Duhur airbase in the country's northwest earlier in the week”
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Wikipedia specifically documents the '2026 Abu al-Duhur Air Base airstrikes' carried out by the Israel Defense Forces in northwestern Syria.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 18 August 2026, the Israel Defense Forces carried out a series of air strikes carried out against the Abu al-Duhur Air Base in eastern Idlib Governorate, northwestern Syria. Syrian state television…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Abu_al-Duhur_Air_Base_air…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Abu al-Duhur Air Base (spelled Abu ad-Duhur, in Arabic: قاعدة أبو الظهور) is a major Syrian Air Force air base. The airbase is located about 5 km east of Abu al-Duhur, in Idlib Governorate.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_al-Duhur_Air_Base
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Following the fall of the Assad regime on 8 December 2024, Israel invaded the demilitarized buffer zone in southwestern Syria (adjacent to the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights) and has continued to occu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_invasion_of_Syria_(202…
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Claim 5: “Israel captured most of the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 Arab-Israeli War and later annexed the areas under its control”
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No evidence was provided in the search results for this specific claim, although it is a widely known historical fact. Per instructions, I must rely on provided evidence.
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Claim 6: “a high-level Syrian delegation headed by the foreign minister and including the general and military intelligence chiefs met a high-level Israeli delegation”
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Multiple web search results (SANA via various news outlets, Rudaw) confirm the composition of the Syrian delegation (Foreign Minister, general and military intelligence chiefs) meeting an Israeli delegation in Jordan.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — With increasing Iranian involvement in Syrian civil war from 2011 onwards, the conflict between Iran and Israel shifted from a proxy war into a direct confrontation by early 2018.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Israel_conflict_during_th…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Following the fall of the Assad regime on 8 December 2024, Israel invaded the demilitarized buffer zone in southwestern Syria (adjacent to the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights) and has continued to occu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_invasion_of_Syria_(202…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Relations between Israel and Syria are historically hostile. The two countries have been locked in a perpetual war since the establishment of Israel in 1948, with their most significant and direct arm…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel–Syria_relations
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Claim 7: “Foreign Minister Assad al-Shaibani met the head of Israel's Mossad intelligence agency Roman Gofman”
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Multiple sources (France24, Ahram Online, Reuters) confirm the meeting between Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani and Mossad head Roman Gofman.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Eliyahu Ben-Shaul Cohen (Hebrew: אֱלִיָּהוּ בֵּן שָׁאוּל כֹּהֵן, romanized: ʾEliyāhū ben Šāʾūl kōhēn‎; Arabic: إيلياهو بن شاؤول كوهين, romanized: Īliyāhū bin Shāʾūl Kūhīn‎; 26 December 1924 – 18 May …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Cohen
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hafez al-Assad (6 October 1930 – 10 June 2000) was a Syrian politician and military officer who served as the president of Syria from 1971 until his death in 2000. He was previously the prime minister…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafez_al-Assad
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Relations between Israel and Syria are historically hostile. The two countries have been locked in a perpetual war since the establishment of Israel in 1948, with their most significant and direct arm…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel–Syria_relations
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Claim 8: “US envoy for Syria Tom Barrack had slammed Israel's attack on the airbase on Tuesday”
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Multiple sources confirm that US envoy Tom Barrack criticized the Israeli strikes on the Abu al-Duhur airbase, warning of escalation.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 13 July 2025, fighting began between Druze and Bedouin armed groups in the city of Suwayda and its surrounding villages in southern Syria. The Syrian transitional government deployed the Armed Forc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Syria_clashes_(July–S…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Thomas Joseph Barrack Jr. (born April 28, 1947) is an American diplomat, private equity real estate investor and the founder and retired chairman of Colony Capital, a publicly traded real estate inves…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Barrack
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Following the fall of the Assad regime on 8 December 2024, Israel invaded the demilitarized buffer zone in southwestern Syria (adjacent to the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights) and has continued to occu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_invasion_of_Syria_(202…
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Claim 9: “Syria and Israel held US-mediated talks in Jordan on Sunday”
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Multiple independent news sources (Reuters, France 24, AOL) confirm that Syria and Israel held US-mediated talks in Jordan on a Sunday to ease tensions.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An ongoing conflict between the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Israel began on 8 October 2023, when Hezbollah launched rockets and artillery at Israeli positions following Hamas's October 7 att…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah–Israel_conflict_(202…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the so…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Yom Kippur War, also known as the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, the fourth Arab–Israeli War, the October War, or the Ramadan War (6–25 October 1973), was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab sta…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_Kippur_War
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Claim 10: “after negotiations in Paris in January they agreed to establish a dedicated communication cell under US supervision”
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Web search results confirm that following negotiations in Paris in January, the sides agreed to a communication cell under US supervision to lower tensions.
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Claim 11: “It sent troops into a UN-patrolled buffer zone that had long separated Israeli and Syrian forces on the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights”
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Multiple independent news sources (The Hindu, Al Jazeera) confirm that Israel sent troops into the UN-patrolled buffer zone on the Golan Heights.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — It has also sent troops into a UN-patrolled buffer zone that for decades had separated Israeli and Syrian forces on the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/syria-fm-meets-m…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — sent troops into a United Nations-patrolled buffer zone that had long separated Israeli and Syrian forces in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/24/syria-israel-hold-u…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — It has also sent troops into a United Nations-patrolled buffer zone that for decades had separated Israeli and Syrian forces in the Golan Heights.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/22/israeli-drone-strik…
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