State Department Spokesperson: 'We're On Our Way To A Real De-Escalation' Between Syria And Israel

During a press briefing on Wednesday, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce spoke about the ongoing hostilities between Israel and Syria.

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00:00Regarding the situation in Syria, we heard the Secretary state during today's meeting

00:08in the Oval Office, quote, it's complicated.

00:12Obviously these are historic long-term rivalries between different groups in the southwest

00:17of Syria, Bedouins, the Druze community, and it led to an unfortunate situation and a misunderstanding,

00:25it looks like, between the Israeli side and the Syrian side.

00:29So we've been engaged with them all morning long and all night long and with both sides

00:34and we think we're on our way towards a real de-escalation and then hopefully get back on

00:40track in helping Syria build a country and having a situation there in the Middle East

00:46that is far more stable.

00:48So in the next few hours, we hope to see some real progress to end what you've been seeing

00:54over the last few hours.