The Paris meeting between Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani and the Israeli delegation, under indirect US oversight, marks a notable point in Syrian-Israeli relations, but it is not a strategic shift. Rather, it represents a pause in a highly tense region.

Topics included: compliance with the 1974 cease-fire agreement, violence in southern Syria, smuggling and refugees In a move described as surprising and unprecedented in recent years, Damascus disclosed a meeting between Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani and an Israeli delegation in Paris,