US EditionSyria’s armed Bedouins say they have withdrawn from Druze-majority city after weeklong fighting
SWEIDA PROVINCE, SYRIA, JUL 20 – A ceasefire ended weeklong sectarian clashes in Sweida province, displacing over 128,000 people and resulting in more than 1,120 deaths, according to monitoring groups.
- Syria's armed Bedouin clans announced they withdrew from Sweida following a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, after a week of clashes, as reported Sunday.
- Following the assault near al-Masmiyah, tit-for-tat kidnappings led to clashes, escalating tensions between Bedouin tribes and Druze militias.
- The Syrian Red Crescent said 32 aid trucks were sent to Sweida after the week of clashes, with the Bedouins withdrawing, Syrian officials announced.
- On Sunday, residents reported calm as Syrian Internal Security Forces deployed, and all tribal fighters evacuated from Sweida city, ending weeklong clashes.
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After a week of armed clashes in the Syrian city of Sueida, inhabited by the Druze religious minority, the region is experiencing a tense calm following the announcement of a ceasefire imposed by the Damascus Government. According to news agencies, which cite the U.K.-based Oenegé Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the number of deaths in this week of fighting -which also included an Israeli air strike to protect the Druze - amounts to 1,120. …
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