Druze, Syria and Bedouin
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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.
Syria's Bedouin clans withdrew from Sweida after violent clashes with the Druze minority. The conflict, sparked by kidnappings, drew Israeli airstrikes and threatened Syria's postwar transition. A US-brokered ceasefire restored a fragile calm,
Syria's Druze have reached a ceasefire agreement with the Syrian government in Sweida that will take immediate effect, Druze religious leader Sheikh Yousef Jarbou said in a video broadcast by state media on Wednesday.
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Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa has urged Sunni Bedouin tribes to honor a ceasefire aimed at ending deadly clashes with Druze-linked militias.