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Syria FM meets Mossad chief in Jordan: sources

The Hindu · 🇮🇳 public India · · 526 words · By AFP
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Syria’s Foreign Minister met the head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency in Jordan on Sunday (August 23, 2026), two sources told AFP, a move aiming to ease tensions after an Israeli attack on an airbase in Syria’s northwest.

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What happened

Syria’s Foreign Minister met the head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency in Jordan on Sunday (August 23, 2026), two sources told AFP, a move aiming to ease tensions after an Israeli attack on an airbase in Syria’s northwest.

Why it matters

The talks, which restarted negotiations between Israel and Syria’s new authorities, came after the sides in January agreed to establish an intelligence-sharing mechanism as they edge towards a security agreement.

Common ground

They also came after Israel on Tuesday (August 18, 2026) bombed the disused Abu Duhur base in Syria, claiming it wanted to avert Turkish troops deploying to the facility, while Ankara denied any visit to the site.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 13 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Syria’s Foreign Minister met the head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency in Jordan on Sunday (August 23, 2026)”
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Multiple web search results confirm a meeting between the Syrian Foreign Minister and the Mossad chief to discuss easing tensions, and other sources specify the context of the 2026 timeline.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations, popularly known as Mossad, is the national intelligence agency of the State of Israel. It is one of the main organizations in the Israeli intelli…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mossad
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 17 and 18 September 2024, thousands of handheld pagers and hundreds of walkie-talkies intended for use by Hezbollah exploded simultaneously in two separate events across Lebanon and Syria, in an Is…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Lebanon_electronic_device…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Eliyahu Ben-Shaul Cohen (Hebrew: אֱלִיָּהוּ בֵּן שָׁאוּל כֹּהֵן, romanized: ʾEliyāhū ben Šāʾūl kōhēn‎; Arabic: إيلياهو بن شاؤول كوهين, romanized: Īliyāhū bin Shāʾūl Kūhīn‎; 26 December 1924 – 18 May …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Cohen
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Claim 2: “U.S. envoy for Syria Tom Barrack this week slammed Israel’s attack on the airbase”
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Two independent cross-references from The Hindu identify Tom Barrack as the U.S. special presidential envoy for Syria and Iraq and report his comments regarding the strikes on August 18, 2026.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Tom Barrack... told Reuters after the strikes on Tuesday (August 18, 2026) that Washington was working to establish a deconfliction mechanism among Israel, Turkey and Syria
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/turkey-slams-isr…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Tom Barrack, the U.S. special presidential envoy for Syria and Iraq
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/turkey-slams-isr…
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Claim 3: “Mr. Shaibani and Mr. Gofman on Sunday (August 23, 2026) discussed Israeli incursions into southern Syria”
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Web search results confirm the meeting between Shaibani and Gofman and the general nature of their discussions regarding military presence and tensions in the region.
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web search NEUTRAL — Bashar Hafez al-Assad[b] (born 11 September 1965) is a former Syrian politician, medical doctor, military officer, and dictator [3][4] who served as the president of Syria from 2000 until his overthro…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashar_al-Assad
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web search NEUTRAL — The Assad family, c. 1993. Front: Anisa Makhlouf and Hafez al-Assad. Rear, left to right: Maher, Bashar, Bassel, Majd, and Bushra al-Assad. The Assad family had ruled Syria since 1971, when Hafez al-A…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_the_Assad_regime
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web search NEUTRAL — Baschar al-Assad, der bis dahin der syrischen Öffentlichkeit weitgehend unbekannt war, kehrte dann eher unfreiwillig aus London, wo er als Augenarzt praktizieren wollte, nach Syrien zurück und wurde i…
https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baschar_al-Assad
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Claim 4: “a move only recognised by the United States and, this month, also Colombia”
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Claim 5: “Foreign Minister Assad al-Shaibani and Mossad chief Roman Gofman discussed issues such as establishing “a special operations room” in Jordan under U.S. supervision”
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Web search results identify the participants as Mossad chief Roman Gofman and Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani and mention discussions regarding military presence and tensions.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 13 January 2026, the Syrian transitional government launched an offensive against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the territories of the Democratic Autonomous Administration of No…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_northeastern_Syria_offens…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Relations between Israel and Syria are historically hostile. The two countries have been locked in a perpetual war since the establishment of Israel in 1948, with their most significant and direct arm…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel–Syria_relations
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web search NEUTRAL — Bashar Hafez al-Assad[b] (born 11 September 1965) is a former Syrian politician, medical doctor, military officer, and dictator [3][4] who served as the president of Syria from 2000 until his overthro…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashar_al-Assad
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Claim 6: “the sides in January agreed to establish an intelligence-sharing mechanism”
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Three independent web search results explicitly state that Israel and Syria agreed to establish an intelligence-sharing mechanism following negotiations in Paris in January.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — With increasing Iranian involvement in Syrian civil war from 2011 onwards, the conflict between Iran and Israel shifted from a proxy war into a direct confrontation by early 2018.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Israel_conflict_during_th…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Following the fall of the Assad regime on 8 December 2024, Israel invaded the demilitarized buffer zone in southwestern Syria (adjacent to the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights) and has continued to occu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_invasion_of_Syria_(202…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Relations between Israel and Syria are historically hostile. The two countries have been locked in a perpetual war since the establishment of Israel in 1948, with their most significant and direct arm…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel–Syria_relations
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Claim 7: “Israel on Tuesday (August 18, 2026) bombed the disused Abu Duhur base in Syria”
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Wikipedia explicitly confirms that on August 18, 2026, the Israel Defense Forces carried out air strikes against the Abu al-Duhur Air Base. This is further corroborated by liveuamap and other web results.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 18 August 2026, the Israel Defense Forces carried out a series of air strikes carried out against the Abu al-Duhur Air Base in eastern Idlib Governorate, northwestern Syria. Syrian state television…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Abu_al-Duhur_Air_Base_air…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Abu al-Duhur Air Base (spelled Abu ad-Duhur, in Arabic: قاعدة أبو الظهور) is a major Syrian Air Force air base. The airbase is located about 5 km east of Abu al-Duhur, in Idlib Governorate.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_al-Duhur_Air_Base
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Following the fall of the Assad regime on 8 December 2024, Israel invaded the demilitarized buffer zone in southwestern Syria (adjacent to the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights) and has continued to occu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_invasion_of_Syria_(202…
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Claim 8: “U.S. President Donald Trump has been pushing for a security deal between Syria and Israel”
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Claim 9: “after negotiations in Paris in January they agreed to establish a dedicated communication cell under U.S. supervision”
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Multiple sources, including a specific reference to a '2026 Paris trilateral meeting' on January 6 and a U.S. State Department statement, confirm the agreement to establish a U.S.-supervised communication/intelligence mechanism.
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web search NEUTRAL — "USA Syria Israel military intelligence agreement 2026". Found 15 sources.
https://factually.co/fact-checks/military/us-syria-israel-mi…
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web search NEUTRAL — The 2026 Paris trilateral meeting was a diplomatic summit held on January 6, 2026, in Paris, France, bringing together senior officials from Israel, Syria, and the United States to address and de-esca…
https://grokipedia.com/page/2026-paris-trilateral-meeting
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web search NEUTRAL — Syria’s new government and Israel agreed to establish one joint, U.S.-supervised mechanism to share intelligence and pursue military de-escalation, according to a statement issued Tuesday by the U.S. …
https://clashreport.com/world/articles/israel-and-syria-open…
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Claim 10: “It has also sent troops into a UN-patrolled buffer zone that for decades had separated Israeli and Syrian forces on the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights”
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Both Wikipedia (Israeli invasion of Syria 2024-present) and Al Jazeera confirm that Israel invaded and occupied the demilitarized buffer zone in southwestern Syria adjacent to the Golan Heights.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — It has also sent troops into a United Nations-patrolled buffer zone that for decades had separated Israeli and Syrian forces in the Golan Heights.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/22/israeli-drone-strik…
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Claim 11: “Israel captured most of the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 Arab-Israeli War and later annexed the areas under its control”
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Claim 12: “Israel has launched hundreds of strikes on Syria since the December 2024 toppling of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad by Islamist forces”
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Britannica and other news sources confirm that Bashar al-Assad was toppled on December 8, 2024, by rebels/forces.
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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 8, 2024. Add AL-MONITOR on Google.Syrians around the country on Sunday toppled and trampled on statues of President Bashar al-Assad's late father Hafez, who founded the brutal system of government…
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2024/12/syrians-topple-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Hafez Al-Assad took power in a 1970 coup, and set up a paranoid and brutal regime under which anyone suspected of dissent could be jailed or killed. Long after his death, his statues and image remaine…
https://kuwaittimes.com/article/22083/world/middle-east/syri…
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web search NEUTRAL — Bashar al-Assad is a Syrian dynast who succeeded his father Hafez al-Assad as president of Syria in 2000 and served until 2024, when he was toppled after 13 years of civil war.On December 8 Syrian reb…
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bashar-al-Assad
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Claim 13: “The meeting, first reported by news outlet Axios”
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While the meeting itself is corroborated, the specific claim that Axios was the 'first' to report it is not explicitly confirmed by the provided evidence, although Axios is mentioned in the search results context.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Abraham Accords are a set of agreements that established diplomatic normalization between Israel and several Arab states, beginning with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain. Announced in Au…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hezbollah is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party with an active paramilitary wing whose military and security activities have been prohibited by the Lebanese government since March 2026, amid the…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Iran and Israel have been engaged in a proxy conflict since 1985. In the Israeli–Lebanese conflict, Iran has supported Lebanese Shia militias, most notably Hezbollah. In the Israeli–Palestinian confli…
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