Rubio says parties have agreed on steps to end ‘horrifying situation’ in Syria

By Jacob Magid

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16 July 2025, 10:09 pm

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Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio writes on X that parties “have agreed on specific steps that will bring this troubling and horrifying situation to an end tonight” in Syria.

“This will require all parties to deliver on the commitments they have made, and this is what we fully expect them to do,” Rubio adds.

The Syrian government attempted to intervene in clashes between Druze and Bedouin in a move that Israel said placed the Druze community at risk amid reports of more than 300 deaths, leading to widespread IDF airstrikes at Syrian government sites across the country.