US envoy meets Netanyahu to discuss restraining strikes in Lebanon, Axios reporter says

AL-Monitor
Aug 24, 2025
U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy for Syria Thomas Barrack attends an interview with Reuters in Beirut, Lebanon July 22, 2025. REUTERS/Emilie Madi/File Photo
U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy for Syria Thomas Barrack attends an interview with Reuters in Beirut, Lebanon July 22, 2025. REUTERS/Emilie Madi/File Photo — Emilie Madi

(Reuters) -Top U.S. envoy Thomas Barrack arrived in Israel and met on Sunday with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu regarding the U.S. request that Israel restrain its strikes in Lebanon, and negotiations with Syria, Axios reporter Barak Ravid said in a post on X, citing three Israeli and U.S. sources.

Barrack also met with Israel's minister for Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer, Foreign Minister Gideon Saar and Minister of Defense Israel Katz, the reporter added.

(Reporting by Gursimran Kaur in Bengaluru; Editing by Jan Harvey)