Rubio said that steps must be taken by "all parties to deliver on commitments they have made and this is what we fully expect them to do. " US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced an agreement to end the fighting in Syria,

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan held a phone call on Thursday with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, during which he strongly condemned Israel’s repeated attacks on Syrian territory and its interference in Syria’s internal affairs.

The State Department condemned recent Israeli strikes in Syria, and Secretary Marco Rubio announced a U.S.-brokered agreement between Israel and Syria to end immediate violence.

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For weeks, Israel has engaged in back-channel talks over a diplomatic agreement with the Syrian government. Its strikes on Damascus this week highlight a lack of strategic clarity.

The White House is attributing the outbreak of violence in the Middle East between the Syrian government and Israel to a "misunderstanding" over ethnic grudges.

Israel launched rare strikes in Damascus on Wednesday in a campaign it said was aimed at defending the Druze community after days of clashes in the southern city of Sweida.