{"id":22190,"date":"2025-05-07T16:00:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T13:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?p=22190"},"modified":"2025-05-07T15:39:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T12:39:42","slug":"secret-communication-channel-opens-between-jerusalem-and-damascus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/secret-communication-channel-opens-between-jerusalem-and-damascus\/","title":{"rendered":"Secret Communication Channel Opens Between Jerusalem and Damascus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Israel and Syria are conducting secret talks mediated by the United Arab Emirates, aimed at \u201cbuilding trust and reducing regional tensions.\u201d This was reported today (Wednesday) by Reuters, citing three sources familiar with the discussions.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, the communication channel between the two countries was opened following the visit of Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa to the UAE less than a month ago. The talks, which are focused on security and intelligence issues, are primarily technical in nature and do not include discussions on halting Israeli airstrikes in Syria.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22193\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22193\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22193 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-42-1024x575.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-42-1024x575.webp 1024w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-42-300x168.webp 300w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-42-768x431.webp 768w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-42-1536x863.webp 1536w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-42.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Syrian civil war | Photo: Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>The goal: reducing tensions<\/strong><br \/>\nMediation is being facilitated by Emirati intelligence officials, with the involvement of Syrian intelligence officers and former Israeli security officials.<\/p>\n<p>The main objective is to reduce tensions following recent Israeli strikes in Syria, including one that occurred near the presidential palace in Damascus.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22194\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22194\" style=\"width: 423px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22194 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3-25.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"423\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3-25.webp 423w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3-25-300x167.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22194\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa (Abu Mohammad al-Julani) | Photo: Wikipedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The report further states that President al-Sharaa, also known by his pseudonym Abu Mohammad al-Julani, is attempting to send a message of reconciliation toward Israel. As part of this effort, meetings were held with representatives of the Jewish community in Damascus and abroad, and two senior members of Islamic Jihad were arrested. In an official letter sent by the Syrian Foreign Ministry to the United States, it was stated: \u201cWe will not allow Syria to become a source of threat to any party, including Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tags:<\/strong> United Arab Emirates, United States, Ahmed al-Sharaa, Abu Mohammad al-Julani, Damascus, Israel, Syria<br \/>\n<em>Suggested additional tags:<\/em> secret diplomacy, Middle East negotiations, Syrian-Israeli talks, UAE mediation, regional de-escalation, Jewish community in Syria, Islamic Jihad, Syrian foreign policy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secret talks are underway between Syria and Israel, mediated by the United Arab Emirates; Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Julani, signals reconciliation toward Israel and has met with Jewish community representatives in Damascus and abroad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":22192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,6,65],"tags":[5326,2238,2747,1480,5327,5322,5325,5321,2030,5328,5323,5324,2189,2396],"class_list":["post-22190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-security","category-world","tag-abu-mohammad-al-julani","tag-damascus","tag-islamic-jihad","tag-israel","tag-jewish-community-in-syria","tag-middle-east-negotiations","tag-regional-de-escalation","tag-secret-diplomacy","tag-syria","tag-syrian-foreign-policy","tag-syrian-israeli-talks","tag-uae-mediation","tag-united-arab-emirates","tag-united-states"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.7 (Yoast SEO v24.7) - 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