Senior Israeli and Syrian officials will hold meetings mediated by US envoy Tom Barrack on Monday and Tuesday, a source familiar with the details told The Jerusalem Post.

This will be the first meeting between Israeli and Syrian officials since Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa visited Washington in November.

The Israeli delegation will consist of Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter, Military Secretary to the Prime Minister, and Mossad chief appointee Maj.-Gen. Roman Gofman, and a senior official from the National Security Council.

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani will also attend.

Netanyahu, Barrack discuss Israel's security actions in Syria

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hosted Barrack in December, holding a several-hour meeting regarding Israel's security actions in Syria amid ongoing negotiations for a broader security agreement with Damascus.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US ambassador to Turkey and Syria envoy, Tom Barrack, meet in Jerualem, Israel. December 15, 2025.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US ambassador to Turkey and Syria envoy, Tom Barrack, meet in Jerualem, Israel. December 15, 2025. (credit: MAAYAN TOAF/GPO)

Two sources told the Post at the time that Israel and the United States have arrived at mutual understandings on two pivotal issues: Israel's continued freedom of operation in Syria to neutralize emerging threats, and the advancement of US-mediated talks with Syria aimed at forging a new security arrangement.

"Each side now understands what it needs to do," one source told the Post, signaling a de-escalation of recent tensions between Jerusalem and Washington over Israeli military activities in post-Assad Syria.

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar said that Israel and Syria are today further from reaching a security agreement than before, after Syria "raised new demands," during The Jerusalem Post conference in Washington on December 10.

The Trump administration refused an Israeli request to refrain from removing all sanctions on Syria, Israeli public broadcaster KAN News reported on December 20.

Jerusalem Post Staff contributed to this report.