Syria’s foreign minister held a rare direct meeting with an Israeli delegation in Paris on Tuesday, talks that were brokered by the United States as part of a diplomatic push for Syria and Israel to normalize relations despite a recent surge in tensions between them.

In US-brokered talks, Syria and Israel discussed restoring a 1974 ceasefire to de-escalate tensions following the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime.View on euronews

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani on Tuesday held a rare meeting with Ron Dermer, Israel’s Strategic Affairs Minister and top aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,

The IDF has launched an investigation to understand why the soldiers collected the grenade instead of detonating it on-site. Four IDF soldiers were lightly injured in an explosion in southern Syria, the IDF confirmed on Wednesday.

I’d say these people are animals, but that would be unfair — to animals,’ the mother of a slain boy says of the jihadists who last month descended

The Israeli army said Wednesday that four soldiers were lightly wounded when munitions exploded during a military operation in southern Syria. “During IDF (army) activity in southern Syria, a munition exploded in the area. As a result, four soldiers were lightly injured and were evacuated to a hospital,” the army said in a statement.

That understanding was based on comments from the U.S. special envoy and security talks with Israel, sources said.

Syria's new government sent troops to quell fighting between the Druze religious minority and Sunni Muslim tribes. Then Israel intervened, bombing Damascus.

Israel Today Correspondent and Middle East expert Edy Cohen explains why tens of thousands of foreign fighters in Syria have become a danger to the region and Israel.