Syria’s al-Sharaa confirms indirect talks with Israel amid tensions

Syrian’s interim President, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has revealed that his government has engaged in indirect talks with Israel.

This is in a bid to ease escalating tensions between the two nations.

Al-Sharaa’s announcement comes following an escalation in Israeli attacks on Syria last week. It included a strike that landed just 500 metres from the presidential palace in Damascus on Friday.

“There are indirect talks with Israel through mediators to calm and attempt to absorb the situation so that it does not reach a level that both sides lose control over,” al-Sharaa said.

He also reiterated blame on Israel over what he described as its “random interventions” in Syria.

Al-Sharaa also claimed Damascus was talking to states that communicate with Israel to “pressure them to stop intervening in Syrian affairs and bomb some of its infrastructure.”

There was no immediate comment from Israeli authorities.