The Ministry affirmed that units of its forces, in coordination with the Ministry of Defense, will begin direct intervention in the area to end the conflict and impose security. Those responsible for the violence will be pursued and brought to the competent judiciary to prevent future tragedies, restore stability, and reinforce the rule of law.

Syrian state-run media say Israel carried out an air strike near Syria's southern Druze-majority city of Suweida late on Thursday.

The dayslong fighting threatened to unravel Syria’s postwar political transition and brought in further military intervention by its powerful neighbor Israel, which on Wednesday struck the Syrian Defe...