Syria: Factions Authorized to Support Police Following Sweida Province Events

Sweida Governor Mustafa al-Bakour affirmed that enforcing the law and maintaining security in the province is an irreversible option, noting that local factions intervened and expelled an armed, outlaw group that attacked the governorate building...

Syrian authorities deployed large reinforcements in Sweida, in the south of the country, on Thursday, particularly in front of government offices in the province, to support the activation of judicial police. Police explained that the deployment comes in response to a call yesterday from the Druze Sheikhdom and the province's authorities to support the role of judicial police and police, in implementation of the agreement signed on May 1st, to a…