The Syrian government has begun withdrawing its forces from the majority-Druze city of Suwayda, according to the country's state-run SANA news agency. A ceasefire with Druze militia has also been announced but it is "unclear" whether it will hold, said CNN.

Rubio said that steps must be taken by "all parties to deliver on commitments they have made and this is what we fully expect them to do. " US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced an agreement to end the fighting in Syria,

Syria and Israel have agreed to a ceasefire, US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack said on Friday. The deal was “embraced” by Turkey, Jordan and other neighboring countries, the ambassador, who also serves as the US special envoy to Syria, said in a post on X.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced steps on Wednesday to end clashes in Syria involving the Druze minority after Israel intervened, striking the Syrian Defence Ministry. View on euronews

The State Department condemned recent Israeli strikes in Syria, and Secretary Marco Rubio announced a U.S.-brokered agreement between Israel and Syria to end immediate violence.

We have agreed on specific steps that will bring this troubling and horrifying situation to an end tonight,' US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says.

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.

The White House is attributing the outbreak of violence in the Middle East between the Syrian government and Israel to a "misunderstanding" over ethnic grudges.

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.