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Jordan said Sunday it will host a trilateral meeting with the United States and Syria on Tuesday (August 12) to discuss recent developments in Syria.
A statement from Jordan’s Foreign Ministry said the talks will focus on “the situation in Syria and ways to support the process of rebuilding it on foundations that guarantee its security, stability, and sovereignty, meet the aspirations of its brotherly people, and preserve the rights of all Syrians.”
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani and U.S. Special Envoy for Syria and Ambassador to Türkiye Tom Barrack will attend, along with representatives from all three countries, the ministry said.
The meeting will continue discussions held in Amman on July 19 aimed at consolidating a cease-fire in Syria’s Sweida province and resolving the ongoing crisis there, according to the statement.
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi will also hold bilateral talks with Shaibani and Barrack.
Responding to the meeting announcement, Barrack posted on X about “our collective determination to move toward a future in which Syria and all of its people can live in peace, security, and prosperity.”
The July violence between Druze fighters and Sunni Bedouins escalated with intervention by government forces, tribal fighters supporting the Bedouins, and the Israeli military, which conducted strikes supporting the Druze.
A cease-fire ended a week of bloodshed that killed 1,400 people, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, but tensions have persisted with renewed violence in August.
Sweida has maintained a cease-fire since July 19, following clashes between Druze and Bedouin groups that left 426 dead, according to the London-based Syrian Network for Human Rights.
Syria’s transitional administration, formed after regime leader Bashar al-Assad was ousted in late 2024, is working to restore stability after nearly 25 years of authoritarian rule.
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