US envoy Tom Barrack to @apnews.com on Israeli strikes against the Syrian government: US “was not asked, nor did they participate in that decision…”
Israel’s intervention “creates another very confusing chapter” and “came at a very bad time.”
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US and Turkish officials gave SDF 30 days to join govt forces

“SDF was told that not all of its armed units would be integrated… Units excluded from integration would be disarmed… overall control would remain with the Syrian government”
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At least 558 Syrians have been killed and more than 783 others injured in Suwayda since July 13th, the Syrian Network for Human Rights reports.

The SNHR tally is preliminary and reflects what has been verified up to the moment of publication.
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A US citizen was killed in Suwayda last week, the US State Department says.

The family identified him as Hosam Saraya, a 35-year-old Druze man. Video online purported to show the execution-style shooting of Saraya and members of his family.
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A local journalist shared video showing a hospital death registry… @hrw.org counted 306 names, most of whom had arrived on July 16 or 17, including at least 23 children. Most deaths were attributed to gunshot wounds—some to the head—and others to fragment injuries.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...

Israel’s army chief Eyal Zamir, appointed in March, said more buffer zones must be established along its borders, in an apparent threat to Syria and Lebanon.

Zamir vowed that Israel will continue to “weaken” Syria and Lebanon’s Hezbollah.
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