RT News - July 17 2025 (17:00 MSK)

Syria's armed forces withdraw from the Druze-majority city of Suwayda, as al-Jolani declares a ceasefire following IDF strikes on Damascus. Locals say Israel is citing a supposed defence of religious minorities as a pretext to wage war on their country. Israeli forces attack Gaza's only Catholic church - killing two people and wounding several others. A UN agency sounds the alarm about tens of thousands of starving children in Gaza - amid Israel's blockade. We hear from a spokesperson for that organisation. Mounting public criticism of Kiev's forced mobilisation campaign - with men being ambushed and dragged away. In a separate incident, a newly recruited Ukrainian soldier killed two instructors at a training camp.