# EXCLUSIVE: Mossad chief, Syrian foreign minister discussed Turkish deployments before strikes, sources say

https://mins.news/en/item/26489

- Reuters, 2026-08-19 17:35 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/mossad-director-syria-foreign-minister-discussed-turkish-military-deployments-2026-08-19/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a85e94af7c24d00010f9248

> Mossad director Roman Gofman spoke by phone with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani last week, three people familiar with the matter said. They discussed Turkey’s military presence in Syria before the strikes.

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