{"id":38967,"date":"2025-07-24T08:32:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T08:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/963media.com\/en\/?p=38967"},"modified":"2025-07-24T08:32:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T08:32:14","slug":"syria-israel-talks-underway-in-baku-to-contain-escalation-in-suwayda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/963media.com\/en\/24\/07\/2025\/syria-israel-talks-underway-in-baku-to-contain-escalation-in-suwayda\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria-Israel Talks Underway in Baku to Contain Escalation in Suwayda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Damascus, Syria &#8211;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Syrian and Israeli officials are holding talks today, Thursday, in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku, aimed at containing the ongoing escalation in the southern Syrian province of Suwayda.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the U.S.-based outlet <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenationalnews.com\/news\/mena\/2025\/07\/23\/israelis-and-syrians-to-meet-as-warfare-against-druze-threatens-region\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The National<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the meetings are focused on reducing hostilities in Suwayda and preventing any direct confrontation in southern Syria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unnamed diplomats told the outlet that the &#8220;immediate goal is to stop the destruction of Syrian assets by Israel as part of a broader effort to avoid conflict.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sources added that Israeli officials will ask Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa to &#8220;leave the Druze community alone, for now.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A separate Jordanian source confirmed to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The National<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that the talks are taking place just ahead of an Israeli-imposed deadline demanding the full withdrawal of Syrian Ministry of Defense forces from Suwayda. Israel reportedly warned it would resume its air campaign if the withdrawal was not completed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Read also: <a href=\"https:\/\/963media.com\/en\/22\/07\/2025\/turkey-syria\/#\">Turkey accuses Israel of destabilizing Syria, warns of intervention<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One source noted that \u201cThe Israelis made it clear that they will not allow Al Shara free hand in Sweida,\u201d adding that \u201cIt seems that he (Al-Sharaa) thought that he had enough US and Turkish support to ignore them,\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the pace of attacks on Suwayda has slowed in recent days, pro-government Syrian forces reportedly continued assaults on rural Druze areas near the northern town of Shahba as recently as Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last month, senior Israeli and Syrian officials also met in Baku in a direct meeting brokered by Turkey, according to diplomatic sources. That meeting also cantered on southern Syria and reportedly explored the possibility of a broader peace agreement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Separately, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/07\/22\/syria-israel-us-meeting-tom-barrack-suwayda\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Axios<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> reported two days ago that senior officials from the U.S., Syria, and Israel were preparing for a trilateral meeting, also scheduled for today, to address security arrangements in southern Syria and contain rising tensions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U.S. diplomatic sources told <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Axios<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that U.S. Special Envoy for Syria, Thomas Barrack, is leading the mediation efforts and will participate in the meeting alongside officials from both governments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to those sources, the meeting marks the first high-level engagement of its kind since the latest clashes erupted in Suwayda and aims to improve security coordination to prevent broader conflict.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Read also: <a href=\"https:\/\/963media.com\/en\/23\/07\/2025\/israel-reinforces-golan-heights-over-fears-of-cross-border-raids-from-syria\/#\">Israel Reinforces Golan Heights Over Fears of Cross-Border Raids from Syria<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The talks will reportedly focus on setting up security arrangements in southern Syria and establishing direct lines of communication between the parties to avoid future crises, especially in high-risk areas with overlapping presence of rival forces.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A senior Israeli official told <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Axios<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that \u201cThere is relative calm now, but the fundamental issues will not be resolved without comprehensive agreements between the U.S., Israel and the Syrian government.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Damascus, Syria &#8211; Syrian and Israeli officials are holding talks today, Thursday, in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku, aimed at containing the ongoing escalation in the southern Syrian province of Suwayda. 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