Syria, Israel hold US-mediated talks in Paris on regional de-escalation

 

Syria’s foreign minister met with an Israeli diplomatic delegation in Paris on Tuesday to discuss “de-escalation and non-interference in Syria’s internal affairs”, state news agency SANA reported.

The latest in a series of US-mediated talks resulted in “understandings that support stability in the region”, the agency said.

Washington has been at work in recent weeks to try to resolve security issues in Syria and Lebanon, which its ally Israel says have prompted it to take military action.

Despite a truce reached last November, Israel has continued to hit targets of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group in Lebanon, and it has occupied territory and hit targets across Syria since last year’s fall of dictator Bashar al-Assad.