{"id":88926,"date":"2025-07-25T04:40:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T09:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=88926"},"modified":"2025-08-19T05:12:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T10:12:21","slug":"us-envoy-confirms-talks-between-israeli-and-syrian-officials-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/us-envoy-confirms-talks-between-israeli-and-syrian-officials-in-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"US envoy confirms talks between Israeli and Syrian officials in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By JNS STAFF<\/p>\n<p>(<em>JNS.org<\/em>) \u2013&nbsp;United States Special Envoy for Syria Tom Barrack confirmed on Thursday that he had participated in a landmark meeting between Israeli and Syrian officials in Paris earlier in the day.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_88927\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lisa-A.-Johnson-Thomas-Barrack-and-Joseph-Aoun-1320x880-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88927\" class=\"wp-image-88927 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lisa-A.-Johnson-Thomas-Barrack-and-Joseph-Aoun-1320x880-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lisa-A.-Johnson-Thomas-Barrack-and-Joseph-Aoun-1320x880-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lisa-A.-Johnson-Thomas-Barrack-and-Joseph-Aoun-1320x880-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lisa-A.-Johnson-Thomas-Barrack-and-Joseph-Aoun-1320x880-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lisa-A.-Johnson-Thomas-Barrack-and-Joseph-Aoun-1320x880-1.jpg 1320w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88927\" class=\"wp-image-88927 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lisa-A.-Johnson-Thomas-Barrack-and-Joseph-Aoun-1320x880-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lisa-A.-Johnson-Thomas-Barrack-and-Joseph-Aoun-1320x880-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lisa-A.-Johnson-Thomas-Barrack-and-Joseph-Aoun-1320x880-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lisa-A.-Johnson-Thomas-Barrack-and-Joseph-Aoun-1320x880-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lisa-A.-Johnson-Thomas-Barrack-and-Joseph-Aoun-1320x880-1.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-88927\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Special Envoy for Syria Thomas Barrack (left) and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda on July 7, 2025. (Photo credit: Lebanese Presidency Press Office)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>It was the first time that officials from Israel and Syria sat down since a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/us-jerusalem-damascus-agree-to-truce-amid-massacres-of-druze-in-syria\/\">ceasefire<\/a>&nbsp;was declared on July 19, although they held secret talks in Azerbaijan earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI met this evening with the Syrians and Israelis in Paris,\u201d Barrack posted on X. \u201cOur goal was dialogue and de-escalation, and we accomplished precisely that. All parties reiterated their commitment to continuing these efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Barrack did not say who participated in the meeting,&nbsp;<em>Axios<\/em>&nbsp;reported that Israel was represented by Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer while Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani led the Syrian delegation.<\/p>\n<p>The unprecedented talks came six days after Barrack announced that Israel and Syria had agreed to a ceasefire following several days of massacres carried out by Sunni jihadists loyal to Damascus against the Druze minority in Sweida Province.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/azerbaijan-serves-as-a-bridge-between-warring-parties\/\">Hikmet Hajiyev,<\/a>&nbsp;assistant to Azerbaijan\u2019s President Ilham Aliyev, confirmed to JNS on July 20 that Baku had hosted discreet talks between Israel and Syria earlier this year, but did not say when these took place.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media-oembed-video\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" title=\"X Post\" data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=JNS_org&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1948481983585419671&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jns.org%2Fus-envoy-confirms-talks-between-israeli-and-syrian-officials-in-paris%2F&amp;sessionId=bf445130db9b64ec649e952fdbc720259a499688&amp;siteScreenName=JNS_org&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1948481983585419671\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; 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