Israel and Syria agree ceasefire
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Calm Reported in Syria's Sweida
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It seems that there is now concern in Washington that Damascus is not able to hold things together. Israel has played a complex role in this.
The Israeli army continued to build a concrete wall on Friday to enforce the fence area separating the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria.
Damascus believed it had a green light from both the US and ‘Israel’ to dispatch its forces south “despite months of Israeli warnings not to do so,” according to the sources, which include Syrian political and military officials, two diplomats, and regional security sources.