US Secretary of State Marco Rubio writes on X that parties “have agreed on specific steps that will bring this troubling and horrifying situation to an end tonight” in Syria. “This will require all parties to deliver on the commitments they have made, and this is what we fully expect them to do,” Rubio adds.

Israel launched a direct strike on the Syrian military headquarters in Damascus following escalating violence against Druze civilians in southern Syri

South Africa's Ambassador to the Netherlands, Vusi Madonsela, condemned Israel's continued practices that perpetuate occupation and genocide in the Gaza Strip,

Israel has been bombing Syrian government forces who intervened in clashes in a region controlled by the Syrian Druse minority, which Israel pledged to protect.

After sectarian clashes in southern Syria, Israel launches airstrikes on Syrian government targets, saying it needs to protect the Druze ethnic minority. We attempt to explain a complicated situation with defence expert Dr Robert Geist Pinfold, and hear from an eyewitness in the city of Sweida and an advisor to the Syrian foreign minister.

LONDON (Reuters) -British foreign minister David Lammy on Tuesday stressed the need for a ceasefire in Gaza, saying that London will go further in its measures against Israel if the situation continues.