Israel said it "struck the entrance of the Syrian regime's military headquarters" and warns of more "painful blows".

The Syrian government earlier announced a new ceasefire in Sweida that would bring a halt to military operations there, after clashes that a war monitor said had left more than 350 people dead since Sunday.

Israel carried out a series of powerful strikes on the Syrian capital Damascus Wednesday, escalating a campaign it says is in support of an Arab minority group involved in deadly clashes with Syrian government forces.

(Reuters) -Syria's Druze have reached a ceasefire agreement with the Syrian government in Sweida that will take immediate effect, Druze religious leader Sheikh Yousef Jarbou said in a video broadcast by state media on Wednesday.

Israeli military responds to protect Syrian Druze from Islamist militants as local Druze citizens cross the border to aid their brethren, prompting concerns from Israeli officials.

This week, that belief was put to the test. In Syria, Druze communities were massacred. The Druze are an Indigenous people with ancient ties to this region. They live across Syria, Lebanon, and Israel, and they’ve endured generations of marginalization ...