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AMMAN, Aug 10, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Jordan will host a meeting between the 
United States and Syria to discuss the situation in the war-ravaged country 
and explore reconstruction efforts, Amman's foreign ministry said Sunday.

The meeting on Tuesday, which will be attended by Syrian Foreign Minister 
Asaad al-Shaibani and US special envoy for Syria Thomas Barrack, "will 
discuss the situation in Syria and ways to support the process of rebuilding 
Syria on foundations that guarantee its security, stability and sovereignty", according to a statement.

It will be a continuation of discussions held between the officials in Amman 
on July 19 about deadly clashes in the Druze-majority Syrian province of 
Sweida.

Responding to the announcement of the meeting, Barrack expressed in a post on X "our collective determination to move toward a future in which Syria and all of its people can live in peace, security, and prosperity".

The violence between Druze fighters and Sunni Bedouins in July ultimately 
drew the intervention of government forces and tribal fighters who came to 
support the Bedouins, as well as the Israeli military, which carried out 
strikes in support of the Druze.

A ceasefire put an end to the week of bloodshed -- which killed 1,400 people, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights -- but the situation remained tense, flaring into violence again in August.

Syria's minority communities have expressed concerns for their safety since 
December, when an Islamist-led offensive toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-
Assad, who had presented himself as a protector of minorities.

While the new Syrian authorities have repeatedly stated their intent to 
protect all of the country's ethnic and religious groups, the killing of more than 1,700 mostly Alawite civilians along the coast in March and the violence in Sweida have raised doubts about their ability to manage sectarian tensions.