US-mediated security talks between Israel and Syria, building on a January 2026 intelligence-sharing mechanism established in Paris, represent the main diplomatic channel amid persistent territorial disputes. Syria’s interim leadership under President Ahmed al-Sharaa has signaled openness to a security pact as a potential precursor to broader understandings, including revival of the 1974 disengagement agreement, while insisting on Israeli withdrawal from areas seized after the Assad regime’s fall and reaffirming claims to the Golan Heights. Recent developments include Israeli construction of the Sufa 53 security line inside Syrian territory, continued strikes and incursions, and Syrian condemnations at the UN in September and October 2026. US envoy Tom Barrack has facilitated ongoing contacts, though ground-level military actions have complicated progress toward any comprehensive normalization.