{"id":50870,"date":"2025-07-17T13:33:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T17:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/netanyahu-confirms-ceasefire-syrian-withdrawal-from-sweida-due-to-forceful-action\/17\/07\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T13:33:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T17:33:48","slug":"netanyahu-confirms-ceasefire-syrian-withdrawal-from-sweida-due-to-forceful-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/netanyahu-confirms-ceasefire-syrian-withdrawal-from-sweida-due-to-forceful-action\/17\/07\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu confirms ceasefire, Syrian withdrawal from Sweida due to &#8216;forceful action&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"relative mb-6 aisummary_shadowPulse__HDPrM\">\n<div class=\"box-content rounded-[14px] bg-gradient-to-b from-[#c938e3] to-[#4941fb] p-0.5\" style=\"max-height:5rem\">\n<div class=\"rounded-xl bg-[#fcfbfb] dark:bg-inkwell px-5\">\n<div class=\"relative flex justify-between py-5 text-base font-semibold\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\"><button aria-label=\"Visually show the key takeways description\" class=\"group z-2\" data-ylk=\"elm:card;itc:1;sec:ai-summary;slk:key-takeaways;\"><span class=\"group relative text-left transition-all duration-1000 ease-in-out\"><svg class=\"absolute size-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><lineargradient id=\"svg-ai-icon-gradient\" x1=\"12.5\" x2=\"12.5\" y1=\"2.5\" y2=\"21.5\" gradientunits=\"userSpaceOnUse\"><stop stop-color=\"#3941FD\"\/><stop offset=\"1\" stop-color=\"#D136E0\"\/><\/lineargradient><\/svg><svg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"mr-1\" fill=\"url(#svg-ai-icon-gradient)\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M21.5 6.5a6.77 6.77 0 0 1-4-4 6.77 6.77 0 0 1-4 4 6.77 6.77 0 0 1 4 4 6.77 6.77 0 0 1 4-4M3.5 14A12.69 12.69 0 0 0 11 6.5a12.69 12.69 0 0 0 7.5 7.5 12.69 12.69 0 0 0-7.5 7.5A12.7 12.7 0 0 0 3.5 14m7.5 3.638A14.5 14.5 0 0 0 7.362 14 14.5 14.5 0 0 0 11 10.362 14.5 14.5 0 0 0 14.638 14 14.5 14.5 0 0 0 11 17.638\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"sr-only !absolute !w-[310px] max-w-[80vw] translate-y-full rounded-lg bg-white text-sm font-normal opacity-0 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity ease-in-out group-hover:not-sr-only group-hover:block group-hover:p-4 group-hover:opacity-100 group-hover:delay-300 group-focus-visible:not-sr-only group-focus-visible:block group-focus-visible:p-4 group-focus-visible:opacity-100 dark:border dark:border-charcoal dark:bg-inkwell dark:shadow-dark-elevation-3\" id=\"_R_lj2adkalhb5fiv5vddb_\" style=\"bottom:-2px\">Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. 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(credit: Chip Somodevilla, Ali Haj Suleiman, KeithBinns\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Earlier, Reuters reported that Syria\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/elderly-druze-sheikh-dies-humiliation-035325590.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Druze;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Druze<\/a> have reached a ceasefire agreement with the Syrian government in Sweida that will take immediate effect, Druze religious leader Sheikh Yousef Jarbou said in a video broadcast by state media on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A ceasefire announced on Tuesday night collapsed after only a few hours. There was still fire from government forces in the predominantly Druze city of Sweida after the announcement was made, according to a Reuters witness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Syria\u2019s state news agency, SANA, corroborated the reports of a ceasefire agreement, adding that security checkpoints were deployed across Sweida.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">Israel conducted strikes on key Damascus sites<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Israel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/western-diplomats-were-within-meters-152250341.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:struck the entrance;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">struck the entrance<\/a> to the Syrian regime\u2019s military headquarters complex in Damascus, the IDF confirmed earlier on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Amichai Stein contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/netanyahu-confirms-ceasefire-syrian-withdrawal-163411337.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. 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