Israel and Jordan conducted secret talks on Friday to coordinate about the situation in Syria, three Israeli officials told Axios. Why it matters: The fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime has left a fragile state, a chemical weapons stockpile and numerous different armed rebel groups, some of them Islamist organizations once affiliated with Al-Qaeda.

America, European, Turkish and Arab diplomats were in Jordan for high-level talks on Syria on Saturday, a day after celebrations in Damascus and nationwide rejoicing over the ouster of leader Bashar al-Assad.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has been on perhaps his last Middle East diplomatic mission as America’s top diplomat this week.

Top diplomats from the United States, Turkey, the European Union and Arab nations have agreed that a new government in Syria should respect minority rights, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday following talks in Jordan and direct contacts with the rebels who ousted President Bashar al-Assad.

Top diplomats from the US, EU, and Arab nations met in Jordan for talks on Syria as regional and global powers scramble for influence.

The exchange took place at the remote U.S. base in southeastern Syria known as At Tanf garrison, close to the border with Jordan.

The U.S. military has transported out of Syria an American who had disappeared seven months ago into former President Bashar Assad’s notorious prison system and was among the thousands released this week by rebels,

A U.S. defense official told CBS News that Travis Timmerman was flown out of Syria and into Jordan by the U.S. military and handed over to the State Department.