Vehicles pass in front of a giant billboard titled "Coalition for Regional Security," featuring, among others, the interim Syrian President Ahmad el-Chareh, U.S. President Donald Trump, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on June 26, 2025, in Tel Aviv. (Credit: Jack Guez/AFP.)
Rumors are even circulating about a possible meeting between Syria’s interim president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the sidelines of the upcoming United Nations General Assembly in September.A headline moment that would have seemed unthinkable just over six months ago. Following the fall of Bashar al-Assad on Dec. 8, 2024, Israel launched hundreds of airstrikes aimed at dismantling Syria’s military capabilities, openly seeking to prevent any jihadist threat from emerging along its border. But the Israel-Iran war appears to have hastened rapprochement between the two neighbors. Israeli fighter jets used Syrian airspace, while Damascus notably refrained from condemning the Israeli strike that triggered the war — a stance at odds with the rest of the region.While the Israeli government would score a...
Rumors are even circulating about a possible meeting between Syria’s interim president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the sidelines of the upcoming United Nations General Assembly in September.A headline moment that would have seemed unthinkable just over six months ago. Following the fall of Bashar al-Assad on Dec. 8, 2024, Israel launched hundreds of airstrikes aimed at dismantling Syria’s military capabilities, openly seeking to prevent any jihadist threat from emerging along its border. But the Israel-Iran war appears to have hastened rapprochement between the two neighbors. Israeli fighter jets used Syrian airspace, while Damascus notably refrained from condemning the Israeli strike that triggered the war — a stance at odds with the rest of the region.While the Israeli government would score...
