Sunday, October 18Global edition

Topic: Suwayda Druze violence

Netanyahu says he called Syria's leader to stop the Suwayda killings

The Israeli prime minister said a short, sharp call to Ahmed al-Sharaa after Israeli strikes in Damascus helped end the violence that killed more than 1,700 people. It is the first publicly known contact between the two leaders, though Syrian sources say others were on the line.

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