Ahmed al-Sharaa confirms Syria and Israel in indirect deconfliction talks

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said that his government was holding "indirect talks" with Israel to calm tensions between the two countries, following devastating Israeli strikes taking place since December.

"There are indirect talks (with Israel) taking place through mediators to calm the situation and try to contain the situation so it does not reach the point where it escapes the control of both sides," Sharaa told a press conference in Paris alongside French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday.

Sharaa’s comments came a few hours after Reuters reported that the UAE established itself as a channel of communication between Syria and Israel.

Syria also has relations with Jordan, Egypt and Turkey, all of whom have relations with Israel.

Turkey is a close supporter of Sharaa’s government and is negotiating a defence pact with Damascus that has unnerved Israel. Middle East Eye was the first to report that Turkey and Israel were in talks to establish their own Syrian deconfliction line.

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