According to the Associated Press, Syrian troops have withdrawn from the southern provinces of Daraa and Suweida to deploy troops to defend Homs, Syria's third largest city and an important central city.
August 20 news, local time on August 19, US Secretary of State Blinken, after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, announced that Israel has accepted a transitional proposal for a ceasefire and the release of detainees, and called on Hamas to respond in the same way. Netanyahu later said in a statement that Israel's goal is to "obtain the release of as many detainees as possible." The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) media office issued a statement on the 19th r...