Syria's government misread how Israel would respond to its troops deploying to the country's south this week, encouraged by U.S. messaging that Syria should be governed as a centralized state, eight sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Syrian government troops will be blocked from the area south of the capital Damascus to protect the Druze minority following Israel's attacks in the country earlier this week.

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Israeli jets are striking targets in Syria, and nuclear talks with Tehran are expected to resume soon.And when it comes to the haredim, possibly the most contentious domestic issue right now in Israel,

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu does not want to allow Syrian government troops south of the capital Damascus. "We have set forth a clear policy: demilitarization of the region to south of Damascus,

Israeli officials react to the ongoing violence in Syria's Sweida between regime forces and the local Druze community. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged Israeli Druze citizens not to cross the border amid ongoing clashes in Sweida in southern Syria on Wednesday afternoon.

In a stunning shift, Druze communities in Syria’s Sweida region have been seen cheering and saluting Israeli forces entering their areas. The IDF says its operation aims to protect the Druze people from escalating violence by Syrian government troops under Al-Sharaa.

Only last week, optimism was swirling over the prospects of a truce agreement between Israel and Syria.US President Donald Trump had formally dismantled American sanctions against Syria at the end of June,