Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu concluded a several-hour meeting on Monday with US Special Envoy for Syria Tom Barrack, regarding Israel's security actions in Syria amid ongoing negotiations for a broader security agreement with Damascus.
Two sources told The Jerusalem Post 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.
Another said, "It was a good meeting. Israel and the US see eye-to-eye."
After the meeting, Tom Barrack posted on his X account that they had had "Constructive dialogue working towards regional peace and stability."
Tom Barrack's role in managing Middle East tensions
Barrack, who also serves as US Ambassador to Turkey and has been a central figure in Trump's Syria policy, has shuttled between Damascus, Jerusalem, and other regional capitals throughout 2025 to broker progress. Earlier this year, trilateral meetings involving Israeli and Syrian officials, facilitated by Barrack, advanced discussions on demilitarized zones, border security, and potential normalization steps.
Netanyahu's office has not officially commented on the meeting's outcomes, but Israeli officials have consistently stressed that any deal must include ironclad guarantees against threats from Syrian territory.