Washington, July 20 -- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called on Syrian authorities to deploy all available resources to prevent the resurgence of Islamic State (IS) and other Islamic terror groups if the country hopes to move toward lasting peace.
"If authorities in Damascus want to preserve any chance of achieving a unified, inclusive and peaceful Syria free of ISIS and of Iranian control, they must help end this calamity by using their security forces to prevent ISIS and any other violent jihadists from entering the area and carrying out massacres," Rubio posted on X.
His remarks come amid relative calm in the Druze majority province of Suwayda in southern Syria, following several days of deadly clashes between Druze and Be...