Israel says it's trying to protect the Druze community in south-west Syria, where there have been deadly sectarian clashes.

The attack follows a wave of Israeli strikes on Syrian government forces during two days of sectarian clashes between local Druze and Bedouin populations.

Secretary of State Rubio says the U.S. is "very concerned" by expanding Israeli strikes targeting Syria's new government, and he wants "the fighting to stop."

Israel said it "struck the entrance of the Syrian regime's military headquarters" and warns of more "painful blows".

A live television broadcast was interrupted when Israeli airstrikes hit a Syrian state TV building in central Damascus late Wednesday. In a video that.

Clashes between Syrian government forces and Druze armed groups have escalated, drawing Israeli intervention and raising fears of a breakdown in the country’s fragile postwar order.

Authorities are searching for a missing woman who was last seen in the Damascus area. Rachel Nicole Combs, 39, of Marion, is missing, according to the Washington County, Virginia Sheriff's Office. Anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff's office at (276) 676-6000.