Channel 10 reports that a senior official in Washington referred to the ceasefire in South Syria and to the Iranian presence there and said that "we informed Israel that we are not withdrawing from Syria. We are staying there until the end of the civil war and until a diplomatic solution is achieved."
The senior official added that the ceasefire is the "first stage" and that the US will work with the Russians to broaden the buffer zone in Southern Syria and remove the Iranians initially 20 kms away from Israel's northern border and eventually as far as Damascus.