Intel: US, Israel to cooperate against Iran’s missiles and drones
Biden White House avoids row with Israel over nuclear negotiations with Iran, offers to help counter Tehran's ballistic and cruise missiles.
The Biden administration and Israeli officials agreed this week to set up an interagency working group to coordinate on ways to counter Iranian drones and precision-guided missiles that have proliferated across the Middle East in recent years.
The agreement came as part of broader discussions with senior Israeli officials in Washington. The meetings focused on Israel’s security and Iran’s activities in the region as the Biden administration pursues talks with Iran in Vienna to rejoin the 2015 nuclear accord, a move the Israeli government objects to.
US national security adviser Jake Sullivan met with his counterpart, Meir Ben Shabbat, at the Israeli Embassy in Washington on Tuesday in the first meeting between the two officials in person.
Mossad director Yossi Cohen and Gilad Erdan, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, were also reportedly present, as were Brett McGurk and Barbara Leaf, the National Security Council's and State Department’s top officials on the Middle East, respectively.
