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We're talking about a security agreement with Syria — it's still on the table. Suleiman, what's her view? Suleiman reports tonight on another development in this sector and also on a particularly interesting meeting.

A development we've known about and shown before, but it's also interesting because of the timing of the process.

We're talking about a meeting expected to take place this week between the prime minister's right-hand man, Benjamin Netanyahu, Minister Ron Dermer, and the right-hand man of the president of Syria, Ahmad Ashariya.

We're talking about the Syrian foreign minister, Asad Shaybani, so Israeli sources tell us.

Regarding Kais events, Israeli and Syrian sources confirm these details.

What we understand is that those working on such a meeting — if it happens, it would be, in my view, the third or fourth meeting between the two — are the Americans.

And more precisely we're talking about Tom Barak, Trump's envoy to the region, who is pushing the parties to reach some sort of agreement.

Now I need to say something here, Tali, in this context.

Pay attention to the timing.

If this meeting actually takes place this week, we're talking about only a few weeks before the UN General Assembly.

There, President Trump hopes there will be some announcement of an agreement — either a security agreement or policy understandings, possibly historic, I should say — between Israel and Syria.

And so both Dermer and the president's right-hand man, Sharaa — as mentioned, his foreign minister, Asaad Ashraibani — are stepping up the pace of meetings so that maybe by the end of the month it will be possible to announce some sort of agreement.

Again, it may be very early, but there's no doubt that, according to them, there is a very, very strong desire to announce something soon.

Suleiman, thank you very much.