Syrian Army forces entered the Sueida province, south Syriain the context of a ceasefire with the Israel announced earlier today (19.07.2025) by the United States Special Envoy, Ambassador Thomas Barak.
Specifically, in a post on the X platform, Barack announced that a truce agreement was reached between Syrian transitional president Ahmed al-Sarah and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in order to end the long-term conflict between the last days. Army, surrounded by Israeli air raids.
Barack added that The agreement was reached by the mediation of Jordan and Turkeywhile expressing his hope that ‘Druzo, Kurds and Sunnis in the country will cultivate a common national Syrian identity».
BREAKTHROUGH —— Israeli Prime Minister @Netanyahu and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa @SyPresidency supported by the U.S.A. @Secrubio have agreed to a ceasefire embraced by Türkiye, Jordan and its neighbors. We call upon Druze, Bedouins, and Sunnis to put down their weapons and…
— Ambassador Tom Barrack (@USAMBTurkiye) July 18, 2025
At the same time, Syrian media reports that “the local leadership of the Drouz and tribes of the Bedouins in the region accepted the truce”, while state Israeli television confirms the Syrian army’s presence in the suede.
Damascus: Responsibilities in Druze and Israel
With a distinctive delay of more than five hours since Barack’s post, the official Sana news agency published today at noon the Presidential Palace announcement that the Damascus government preached a ceasefire “across the country”by calling all the warring sides to restraint in order to ensure the Syrian unity.
Then, in a televised speech, the Syrian president, after thanking the mediation of the US and other Arab countries, said the regular army has shown that he was able to impose order, stressing that the Sueida province is an integral part of the Syrian territory.
At the same time He dismissed responsibilities in a “portion of the district” and in Israel for attempting to undermine Syria’s stability.
On the other hand, there is silence in Israel, with the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem not confirming the existence of a truce agreement.
However, the only official reaction came from Israeli Foreign Minister Guidon Saar, who, commenting on the Syrian President’s profession, accused him of the Drouzes allegedly, while in fact they were attacked by Bedouin and jihadists.
Is there a Syrian-Israel agreement?
However, indicative of the confusing information on the existence of a truce agreement or not, is a reference to state Israeli television, citing government sources in Jerusalem, that already yesterday (18.07.2025) “Israel allowed the Syrian army to enter the Syrian army”.
On the other hand, It remains unknown both the content of the terms of the agreement (if any) as well as the duration of.
In any case, it is clear that Saturday’s Jewish holiday ending with tonight’s sunset gives the Israeli side a useful credit credit to determine whether the peace in the Sueida province has indeed returned.
At the same time there are reports from Syrian media that individual conflicts between Druzo and Bedouins in some parts of southern Syria have not yet stopped.
Source: German wave / Gabriel Haritos