Syria’s foreign minister held a rare direct meeting with an Israeli delegation in Paris on Tuesday, talks that were brokered by the United States as part of a diplomatic push for Syria and Israel to normalize relations despite a recent surge in tensions between them.

In US-brokered talks, Syria and Israel discussed restoring a 1974 ceasefire to de-escalate tensions following the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime.View on euronews

The IDF has launched an investigation to understand why the soldiers collected the grenade instead of detonating it on-site. Four IDF soldiers were lightly injured in an explosion in southern Syria, the IDF confirmed on Wednesday.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani on Tuesday held a rare meeting with Ron Dermer, Israel’s Strategic Affairs Minister and top aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,

Syrian President Sharaa blames Israel for unrest in the south and calls for dialogue to restore national unity, amid protests in Sweida and tensions over clashes between Druze and Bedouin groups.

Syria's new government sent troops to quell fighting between the Druze religious minority and Sunni Muslim tribes. Then Israel intervened, bombing Damascus.

The Israeli army said Wednesday that four soldiers were lightly wounded when munitions exploded during a military operation in southern Syria. “During IDF (army) activity in southern Syria, a munition exploded in the area. As a result, four soldiers were lightly injured and were evacuated to a hospital,” the army said in a statement.

Many may not be aware of recent attacks on the Druze community in southern Syria. It came to the world’s attention when Israel bombed in Syria stating that they are protecting their Druze allies. This in itself brought the Syrian Druze dangerous, unwanted attention.