According to a senior Israeli official on September 2-3, 2026, Israel's attempt to reach a security agreement with Syria failed over disagreements about Israeli withdrawal from a buffer zone. Azerbaijan-mediated contacts between Israel and Turkey have also sharply declined in recent months.
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NEW: A senior Israeli official says Israel’s attempt to reach a security agreement with Syria has failed, partly over disagreements about Israel withdrawing from the buffer zone. Communication with Damascus remains open. Source: Walla
A senior Israeli said that talks on a security agreement with Damascus failed, and that no progress has been on disarming Hamas
According to the senior official, there is currently no dialogue between Israel and Turkey, which he said he views as a 'rival state'. He also confirmed that talks for a security agreement with Damascus failed due to Israel's refusal to withdraw from the buffer zone
Azerbaijan has mediated contacts between Israel and Türkiye, but the dialogue has sharply declined in recent months, according to a senior Israeli official. He described Türkiye as a “rival state,” though not an enemy, amid worsening relations and growing tensions over Syria. The official also said Israel-Syria security talks failed partly because Israel refused to withdraw from the “buffer zone,”