US envoy confirms Israel-Syria ceasefire

21-Jul-2025

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Israel and Syria have agreed to a ceasefire supported by Turkey, Jordan and neighbours, US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack said on July 18.

On July 16, Israel launched airstrikes in Damascus, while also hitting government forces in the south, demanding they withdraw and saying that Israel aimed to protect Syrian Druze - part of a small but influential minority that also has followers in Lebanon and Israel.

"We call upon Druze, Bedouins, and Sunnis to put down their weapons and together with other minorities build a new and united Syrian identity in peace and prosperity with its neighbours," Barrack said in a post on X.