Aside from the fact that Israel's President Benjamin Netanyahu and Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa are in agreement, the ceasefire is also supported by Turkey and Jordan, according to Barrack.
He also urges Druze, Bedouins, and Sunnis to "lay down their arms and together with other minorities build a new and united Syrian identity", he writes on X.
On Friday evening, reports emerged of continued fighting in Sweida in southern Syria between around 200 clan members and armed Druze.
Broke out on Sunday
The clashes between Druze and Bedouins broke out in Sweida on Sunday. Syrian government forces later intervened in the area, but were in turn accused of having killed civilian Druze in the fighting.
On Wednesday, Israel carried out air strikes against, among other things, Syria's Ministry of Defense in Damascus, with the motivation that one wants to defend Druze and reduce the presence of Syrian government forces in southwestern Syria. Later in the evening, Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa gave the order to withdraw his forces, according to an agreement that was said to have been mediated by, among others, the USA.
Continued violence
But the violence has continued. Most recently on Friday, reinforcements from armed clans, closely allied with Syria's interim government, gathered in villages around the city of Sweida where many Druze live.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Friday that "the deployment of clan warriors to the province of Sweida has been arranged by government forces because government forces cannot be sent to Sweida according to the terms of the security agreement with Israel".
According to SOHR, around 600 people have been killed since Sunday. The UN has called for an end to the violence and demanded an independent investigation.
