Bedouin families evacuate Syria's Suwayda
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According to Al Ra’i, an Amman daily, the Internal Security chief in As-Suwayda announced that detained Bedouin families would be released within hours and assured that they would return to their homes, emphasizing a continued commitment to respecting the ceasefire and ensuring calm.
One day after reaching a ceasefire with Israel, Syrian military forces began moving into the country's Suwayda Governorate, where dozens of people have been killed in recent days amid fighting between warring tribes.
Hundreds of civilians have died, including women and children, as families are forced to flee, says Syrian Network for Human Rights - Anadolu Ajansı
On Wednesday, state media declared the army’s withdrawal marked the end of operations against “outlaw groups.” A ten‑point cease‑fire agreement was read on national television by Sheikh Youssef Jarboua, one of Syria’s top Druze clerics.
The Syrian government says clashes in the southern city of Suwayda have stopped after a week of violence left hundreds of people dead, drawing Israeli intervention and US condemnation.
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Al Jazeera on MSNSyria declares new Suwayda ceasefire, deploys forces to ‘restore security’Israeli intervention ‘reignited tensions’, with fighting ‘a dangerous turning point’, President al-Sharaa said.
Sheikh Muwafaq Tarif warns of ‘genocide’ in Syria’s south, says US silence could fuel more attacks on minorities - Anadolu Ajansı
The pro-government Sunni fighters are threatening to attack the southern Druze-majority province of Suwayda and “burn” all inside if their alleged hostages are not released by Druze militants. A war monitor reported over a thousand deaths in the latest sectarian conflict.
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Al Jazeera on MSNIsrael hits Syrian army HQ, near Damascus palace as Suwayda fighting ragesIsrael has struck the headquarters of the Syrian Ministry of Defence and close to the presidential palace in the capital Damascus, dramatically escalating on another military front in the region, and following through on its threats to intervene over clashes between government troops and Druze fighters in the southern Syrian city of Suwayda.
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ZNetwork on MSNAs-Suwayda Bleeds Anew: Sectarian Hatred as a Weapon to Divide the Syrian PeopleSuwayda’s blood spilled by the will of the authority Since the morning of Sunday, July 13, As-Suwayda province has become an arena of bloody conflict between the province’s defenders and attacking Bedouin tribes backed by factions under the command of the Ministries of Defense and Interior.