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Syria, Israel hold talks in Paris over conflict in southern Syria’s Suwayda

Syrian government forces deploy on a road in Taarah in Syria's southern province of Suwayda as Bedouins are evacuated from Suwayda city on July 21, 2025, after a week of fighting with the Druze community [Rami al Sayed/AFP]

Syrian and Israeli officials have held talks in Paris mediated by the United States, according to a Syrian official, in the wake of an eruption of sectarian violence compounded by Israeli military intervention in southern Syria.

The meeting on Saturday was held to address recent security developments around the southern Druze-majority city of Suwayda, which has been the scene of fierce fighting in recent weeks between Bedouins and Druze fighters.

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