Tom Barrack, who is ambassador to Turkey and special envoy to Syria and also has a short-term mandate in Lebanon, announced a cease-fire between Syria and Israel, without giving details.

Public broadcaster reports that Israel coordinated delivery to the Druze-majority province with the US; monitor says death toll in sectarian clashes has surpassed 1,100

Iran, European countries to hold nuclear talks - Iranian FM spokesperson Iran, Britain, France and Germany are expected hold nuclear talks in Istanbul on Friday, according to a Foreign Ministry spokesperson.

At the main hospital in south Syria’s Sweida city, dozens of bodies are still waiting to be identified as the death count of days of sectarian clashes continues to rise.

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.

Israel's Health Ministry is preparing the transfer of medical equipment and medications to Sweida's hospital following the recent violent Syrian Druze-Bedouin clashes that have left hundreds dead. Israel’s Health Ministry is preparing the transfer of medical equipment,