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Syria's HTS, Israel to sign 'security agreement' in September: Report

Iran Press TV

Friday, 22 August 2025 7:43 AM

Israel and Syria under Hay'at Tahrir al-Shama (HTS) will sign a "security agreement" next September, amid intensified Israeli acts of aggression against the Arab country, a report says.

Citing senior Syrian sources, Independent Arabia reported that Israel and Syria will sign the "security agreement", mediated by the US, on September 25 with the aim of "reducing tensions" between the two sides.

However, a comprehensive peace deal between the two sides is not expected "in the near future," the report said.

According to the sources, the accord will be signed a day after HTS head Abu Mohammed al-Jolani delivers his first speech at the United Nations General Assembly.

Washington is also working to facilitate a meeting next month between Jolani and Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with US President Donald Trump expected to participate in it.

The expected agreement comes as Syria's de facto foreign minister Asaad al-Shibani held a meeting with an Israeli delegation in the French capital Paris this week to discuss de-escalation and the situation in Druze-majority Sweida province.

Sweida has seen intense fighting and significant casualties in recent months, with Israel bombing military headquarters in Damascus under the pretext of supporting the Druze minority.

Sky News Arabia reported "progress" in talks, held between al-Shibani and Israel's strategic affairs minister Ron Dermer and mediated by the United States.

Israel has conducted repeated acts of aggression across the Syrian territory following the collapse of former President Bashar al-Assad's government last year. Netanyahu has ordered his forces to push deeper into Syrian territory and seize several strategic locations.

Instead of resistance to the ongoing Israeli military operations, HTS's lack of action and its normalization overtures to Tel Aviv appear to have given Israel greater leeway to expand its occupation measures and increase the intensity of its airstrikes.