{"id":17025,"date":"2025-05-06T10:29:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T10:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=17025"},"modified":"2025-05-06T10:29:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T10:29:17","slug":"secret-meeting-revealed-syrian-figures-meet-israelis-amid-damascus-airstrike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/05\/06\/secret-meeting-revealed-syrian-figures-meet-israelis-amid-damascus-airstrike\/","title":{"rendered":"Secret Meeting Revealed: Syrian Figures Meet Israelis Amid Damascus Airstrike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-The Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth revealed an unannounced meeting that brought together five Syrian figures\u2014comprising academics and businessmen\u2014alongside two Israelis, held at a private residence in a European capital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1045\" data-end=\"1244\">The paper described the meeting as the first of its kind between the two sides, during which participants exchanged views on political and security matters, in addition to Syria&#8217;s internal situation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1246\" data-end=\"1566\">According to the report, the Israeli side expressed surprise at how well-informed the Syrian guests were on Israeli affairs\u2014knowledge they attributed to following Hebrew media and translated Israeli press. The Syrians also showed significant interest in understanding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s security vision.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16976\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16976\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16976 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sans-338.jpg\" alt=\"Syrians Voice Uncertainty as Israeli Strike Hits Near Damascus Palace\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sans-338.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sans-338-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sans-338-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16976\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Syrians also showed significant interest in understanding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s security vision<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 data-start=\"1246\" data-end=\"1566\">Syrians Voice Uncertainty as Israeli Strike Hits Near Damascus Palace<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16976\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16976\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16976\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sans-338-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"Syrians Voice Uncertainty as Israeli Strike Hits Near Damascus Palace\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sans-338-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sans-338-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sans-338-780x470.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sans-338.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16976\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Syrians also showed significant interest in understanding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s security vision<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16976\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16976\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16976\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sans-338-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"Syrians Voice Uncertainty as Israeli Strike Hits Near Damascus Palace\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sans-338-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sans-338-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sans-338-780x470.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sans-338.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16976\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Syrians also showed significant interest in understanding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s security vision<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1568\" data-end=\"1873\">The Syrian participants, aged between 40 and 50 and raised during the rule of ousted President Bashar al-Assad, said they are living in a state of political ambiguity. They admitted they are uncertain about the country&#8217;s direction amid what they described as multiple crises facing the new administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1875\" data-end=\"2026\">One of them reportedly said, \u201cThe new president has yet to fully assert control over the capital, Damascus,\u201d a statement that others present supported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2028\" data-end=\"2210\">The report noted that the meeting coincided with an Israeli airstrike targeting an area near the presidential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/05\/02\/israel-bombs-syrian-presidential-palace-in-warning-to-new-regime-over-druze-clashes\/\">palace<\/a> in Damascus, under the pretext of protecting the Druze community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2212\" data-end=\"2336\">The newspaper considered this strike to be a warning signal and possibly an attempt to destabilize Syria&#8217;s internal affairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-The Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth revealed an unannounced meeting that brought together five Syrian figures\u2014comprising academics and businessmen\u2014alongside two Israelis, held at a private residence in a European capital. The paper described the meeting as the first of its kind between the two sides, during which participants exchanged views on political and security matters, in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16849,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[719,167,67,5279,5278],"class_list":["post-17025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-israel","tag-syria","tag-syrias-internal-affairs","tag-the-druze-community"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Secret Meeting Revealed: Syrian Figures Meet Israelis Amid Damascus Airstrike - Watan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"confidential meeting between Syrians and Israelis in a European capital, coinciding.. 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