Syrian government officials and leaders in the Druze religious minority announced on Wednesday, 16 July, a renewed ceasefire after days of clashes that have threatened to unravel the country's postwar political transition and have drawn intervention by Syria's powerful neighbour, Israel.

The attacks marked a significant Israeli escalation against the Islamist-led administration of interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa.

UN Secretary-General Guterres condemns Israeli airstrikes in Syria, ignoring the Syrian military's massacre of the Druze. Israeli Ambassador Danon fires back and accuses Guterres of "moral bankruptcy".

Airstrikes putting civilians lives at risk, says Geir Pedersen, urging Tel Aviv to respect Syrian sovereignty - Anadolu Ajansı

United Nations sanctions monitors have seen no "active ties" this year between Al Qaeda and the Islamist group leading Syria's interim government, an unpublished U.N. report said, a finding that could strengthen an expected U.