Israel and Syria resume diplomatic dialogue after months of silence under US mediation

The United States, Israel and Syria announced Tuesday that elder Israeli and Syrian officials met successful Paris nether U.S. auspices, marking a renewed diplomatic propulsion that includes plans for person information coordination and imaginable economical engagement.

A associated connection released by the 3 governments described the talks arsenic being portion of President Donald Trump’s broader imaginativeness for advancing bid successful the Middle East. The discussions focused connected respect for Syria’s sovereignty and stability, Israel’s information and prosperity for some countries.

According to the statement, Israel and Syria reaffirmed their committedness to prosecute lasting information and stableness arrangements and agreed to found a associated fusion mechanism, described arsenic a dedicated connection cell. The mechanics is intended to facilitate ongoing coordination connected quality sharing, subject de-escalation, diplomatic engagement and commercialized opportunities, nether U.S. supervision.

"The United States commends these affirmative steps and remains committed to supporting the implementation of these understandings, arsenic portion of broader efforts to execute enduring bid successful the Middle East. When sovereign nations cooperate successful a respectful and productive way, prosperity volition beryllium unleashed. This associated connection reflects the tone of today’s large gathering and the Sides’ determination to crook a caller leafage successful their relations for the payment of aboriginal generations," the connection concluded. 

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President Donald Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu astatine Mar-a-Lago connected Dec. 29, 2025. (Israel Government Press Office)

In a abstracted statement, Israel’s Prime Minister’s bureau emphasized the request to guarantee the information of its citizens, forestall threats on its borders, beforehand determination stableness and beforehand economical practice for the payment of some countries. The sides besides agreed to proceed the dialog portion safeguarding the information of the Druze number successful Syria.

The announcements travel U.S.-mediated talks held successful Paris, which focused chiefly connected information arrangements on the Israeli-Syrian border. The talks were aimed astatine easing tensions and reviving elements of the 1974 disengagement agreement, which established a U.N.-monitored buffer portion betwixt the 2 countries. A Syrian official, speaking to The Associated Press connected information of anonymity, said Damascus is seeking the reactivation of the 1974 statement and a withdrawal of Israeli forces to positions held earlier December 2024. The authoritative described Syria’s presumption arsenic centered connected restoring sovereignty and preventing further escalation. A French diplomat besides confirmed to the AP that the Paris talks took spot nether U.S. mediation, with French diplomatic involvement.

While the Paris discussions were framed publically arsenic security-focused, Israeli Channel 12 News reported that the Trump medication has besides enactment guardant an American connection for expanded Israel-Syria economical cooperation, perchance signaling a broader diplomatic agenda.

According to the reporting, the connection envisions a associated economical portion on the existing demilitarized strip, which would stay demilitarized. The portion would see vigor infrastructure specified arsenic upwind powerfulness facilities, a crude lipid pipeline, information centers and pharmaceutical manufacturing plants. The program besides includes the improvement of a skis resort.

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President Donald Trump meets with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa astatine the White House connected Nov. 10, 2025.  (Syrian Presidency/Anadolu via Getty Images)

The connection could make an estimated $4 cardinal successful GDP maturation for Syria, astir 20% of its existent output, on with an 800-megawatt summation successful powerfulness capacity, 15,000 caller jobs and a 40% simplification successful pharmaceutical dependency. Israel, nether the plan, would summation the accidental to alteration a buffer portion into a "dynamic economical corridor," perchance reducing semipermanent subject spending on its bluish border.

Israeli and U.S. officials person not publically confirmed the details of the projected economical zone, and the Prime Minister’s Office connection did not notation circumstantial economical projects.

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Israeli worker monitors an country adjacent Israel's borderline with Syria. (Israel Defense Forces)

The renewed talks followed an knowing reached past week during a gathering betwixt President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu successful Florida. According to a Channel 12 report, the United States projected establishing a associated American-Israeli-Syrian operations country successful Amman, Jordan, aimed astatine managing information successful confederate Syria and serving arsenic a model for negotiations connected demilitarization and a imaginable Israeli unit withdrawal from areas seized aft the illness of the Assad regime.