Location at a glance: US emissions: Israel and Syria agree to ceasefire

According to the US, according to the Israeli air strikes against Syrian government troops as a result of the violence between Drusen and Bedouins, both neighboring countries have agreed on a ceasefire. The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa had approved with the support of a ceasefire, said the US ambassador in Turkey and special sentences for Syria, Thomas Barrack. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump fueled hope of an early deal in the Gaza War.

In the past few days there have been struggle in Syria between Drusian militias on the one hand and Sunni Bedouins and government forces on the other. Israel had intervened and bombed the convoy of the Syrian government army on the way to Suwaida, but also a government building in the capital Damascus. Israel justified this with the protection of the druses. In addition, after the fall of the Syrian ex-powerkeeper Bashar al-Assad, Israel does not want to tolerate military forces in southern Syria that borders on Israel.

Syria’s temporary president calls for reluctance

The US special barrack wrote on X: “We call on Drusen, Bedouins and Sunnis to put down their weapons and, together with other minorities, build a new and united Syrian identity that creates peace and prosperity with their neighbors.” Barrack spoke of a “breakthrough”. According to observers, more than 500 people were killed in the fights in the province of Suwaida. The Syrian temporary president Al-Schaara called on all sides for restraint.

Previously, security forces had taken a position on the edges of the provincial capital of the same name to move back there. According to information from the capital Damascus, the government troops should tell the local parties to the conflict. According to media reports, Israel agreed to tolerate the presence of Syrian government security forces in the province for a period of 48 hours.

Israel distrust government in Damascus

The Jewish state distrusts the transitional government in Damascus because it emerged from Islamist militias. Al-Sharaa had again accused Israel of wanting to move his country into a war. Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu had issued the protection of the “Drusian brothers” as a red line. The Drusen are a religious minority that emerged from Shiite Islam. They live in Syria, Lebanon, Israel and Jordan. In Israel, the Drusen occupies a special position because they do military service, unlike Muslim and Christian Arabs.

In the past few months, there had been armed confrontations in Suwaida, the stronghold of the Drusen. The most recent fights are the worst. Dozens of Drusian civilians are said to have been executed by security forces. The fights are the work of “lawlessly armed groups,” said Al-Sharaa in a statement published by his office. “They use gun violence to enforce their will and thus risk the life of civilians – children, women and the elderly”.

Red cross reports of bad conditions

The International Committee of the Red Cross (IKRK) described the humanitarian situation in Suwaida as critical that health facilities are overloaded. “The IKRK receives desperate calls to help from the population, which suffers from a serious lack of food, clean water, electricity and medical care,” said the organization. The violence hinders the delivery of life -saving help. The helpers must be granted immediately, safe and unhindered access to the crisis area.

Under the mediation of the United States, Turkey and Arab states, a ceasefire had actually occurred this week, on Thursday the government forces had withdrawn to the city belts of Suwaida. Drusian militias took control, which led to the flight of Borny residents. But then, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the UN Human Rights Office, the province of the same name again came to armed disputes.

Trump: Ten hostages will soon be released in Gaza

Meanwhile, US President Trump once again expressed hope that the indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas in Gaza will soon reach an agreement over a 60-day ceasefire and the release of ten hostages that are still alive. The Republican said that ten hostages will be “very soon” – you hope that this will be completed pretty quickly. Hamas had already approved the release of ten hostages, but recently saw unresolved issues.

The Gaza War triggered the unprecedented attack by Hamas and other Islamist terrorist organizations to Israel on October 7, 2023, in which around 1,200 people were killed and more than 250 were delayed to Gaza as hostages. Since then, according to the health authority controlled by the Hamas, more than 58,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed. The barely verifiable number does not differentiate between civilians and fighters. According to the Israeli state of knowledge, at least 20 hostages are still alive.