Overview

• On July 16, the IDF bombed the entrance to Syria’s military headquarters in Damascus, marking a rare direct hit on forces of the interim government.
• Israeli jets also struck facilities of Hezbollah’s Radwan unit in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, killing 12 people, most of them Syrian agricultural workers.
• Sectarian clashes in Sweida province have left more than 250 dead and multiple local truces have collapsed in recent days.
• Israel has reinforced its troop presence along the Golan Heights buffer zone and vowed continued operations to deter attacks on Druze communities.
• U.S. envoy Tom Barrack and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are mediating a ceasefire effort to calm cross-border tensions