{"id":24964,"date":"2025-07-19T05:03:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T05:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/?p=24964"},"modified":"2025-07-19T05:03:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T05:03:05","slug":"state-department-says-us-unequivocally-condemns-israeli-airstrike-in-syria-calls-for-dialogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/19\/state-department-says-us-unequivocally-condemns-israeli-airstrike-in-syria-calls-for-dialogue\/","title":{"rendered":"State Department says US ‘unequivocally condemns’ Israeli airstrike in Syria, calls for ‘dialogue’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tensions continue to rise in Syria, ceasefire reportedly reached<\/a><\/h4>\n

Fox News chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst reports on the latest in the conflict between Israel and Syria on ‘Special Report.’<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said the United States does not support recent Israeli airstrikes on Syria<\/a> and called for “dialogue” between the two Middle East powers.<\/p>\n

“The United States unequivocally condemns the violence. All parties must step back and engage in meaningful dialogue that leads to a lasting ceasefire,” Bruce announced at a State Department press briefing Thursday afternoon.\u00a0<\/p>\n

WHY SYRIA PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN TRUMP\u2019S PLANS FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Israeli airstrikes in the Syrian capital of Damascus struck the country’s Defense Ministry headquarters and an area near the presidential palace, killing three and injuring dozens of others, according to reports.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Israeli military said it was intervening to defend the minority Druze population in southern Syria, a community that shares a border with Israel, amid armed skirmishes between local Bedouin Sunni tribes and the recently installed Syrian government.<\/p>\n

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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency, SANA, smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike that hit the Syrian Defence Ministry in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, July 16, 2025.\u00a0 (SANA via AP Newsroom)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

“We are acting decisively to prevent the entrenchment of hostile elements beyond the border, protect Israeli citizens and prevent harm to Druze civilians,” Eyal Zamir, chief of the Israeli Defense Forces’ general staff, said during a situational assessment at the Syrian border.<\/p>\n

Secretary of State Marco Rubio<\/a> announced Wednesday afternoon that an agreement had been reached between Israel and Syria to end the “troubling and horrifying situation.”<\/p>\n

“This will require all parties to deliver on the commitments they have made, and this is what we fully expect them to do,” he added.<\/p>\n

TRUMP\u2019S PUSH FOR ISRAEL-SYRIA PEACE GETS MAJOR BACKING AS ACTIVIST BRINGS MESSAGE TO JERUSALEM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Marco Rubio, U.S. Secretary of State, during a meeting with Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Bahrain’s crown prince, and U.S. President Donald Trump, not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, July 16, 2025. (Aaron Schwartz\/CNP\/Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

“Thankful to all sides for their break from chaos and confusion as we attempt to navigate all parties to a more durable and peaceful solution in Syria,” U.S. Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack added.<\/p>\n

When asked Thursday what prompted the Israeli strikes and whether the U.S. suspected any foreign fighters, like ISIS, of being involved in the conflict in Syria between the Bedouins and the Druze, Bruce said there will need to be continued investigation to figure out exactly why this Israeli airstrike occurred.<\/p>\n

Rubio said Wednesday<\/a> he believed Israel\u2019s strike on the Syrian capital of Damascus was “likely” due to “a misunderstanding.”<\/p>\n

Bruce on Thursday responded to reporters’ questions about what U.S. officials meant when they said “confusion” and “misunderstanding” from Israel were what led to their involvement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Spokesperson Tammy Bruce, shown here May 6, 2025, said the State Department is “currently monitoring and addressing” an incident in which someone used AI to try to pose as Secretary of State Marco Rubio. (Andrew Thomas\/Middle East Images\/AFP\/Getty)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

“This is an ancient rivalry between the Druze and the Bedouins and violence ensued, the Syrians moving to that area to quell and stop that violence. And the Israelis, who see that occurring to the Druze community and their concerns, then entered what they assessed was something larger than what, or even not what it was at all,” Bruce said at Thursday’s briefing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“The good news is, the story is, it stopped, as within the management of that larger conflict. Again, there’s still skirmishes and other issues. \u2026 The Syrian government is going to have to lead \u2014 obviously, there will be other involvement \u2014 but lead in to this de-escalation and to the stability.”<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital’s Caitlin McFall contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n

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