India, July 17 -- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that Washington and the concerned parties have agreed on "specific steps" that will bring the tensions between Israel and Syria to an "end tonight".

Israel launched fresh strikes on Syria on Wednesday and moved more troops to the border area to prevent attacks against the Druze minority community in the region.

"We have engaged all the parties involved in the clashes in Syria. We have agreed on specific steps that will bring this troubling and horrifying situation to an end tonight. This will require all parties to deliver on the commitments they have made and this is what we fully expect them to do," Rubio said in a post on X.

Earlier, Rubio said in the Oval Office, in the prese...