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Syrian government starts evacuating Bedouin families from Sweida in a bid to end weeklong clashes
SWEIDA, SYRIA, JUL 21 – The evacuation follows a US-brokered ceasefire after over 1,100 people were killed in sectarian clashes between Druze militias and Sunni Bedouin fighters in Sweida.
- On Tuesday, July 22, 2025, Syrian authorities began evacuating 1,500 Bedouin families, according to Syrian state media.
- Following a ceasefire announced on July 19, the Syrian government began evacuating Bedouin families from Sweida on July 20, after hundreds were killed in clashes, supported by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
- The UN International Organisation for Migration reported that 128,571 people have been displaced amid ongoing violence in Sweida, with humanitarian conditions worsening.
- Meanwhile, the Israeli military launched dozens of airstrikes in Sweida province, while Syrian Interior Minister Ahmad al-Dalati said evacuation enables returns under a security cordon.
- Under the U.S.-backed agreement, the Syrian military deploys on Sweida’s outskirts, but officials say the Bedouin families' relocation is temporary amid return concerns.
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A Syrian Arab Red Crescent convoy with humanitarian aid has entered the city of Al Sueida in southern Syria on Wednesday, still hit by a shortage of services and food three days after the ceasefire came into force to put an end to more than a week of intense clashes. Following the outbreak of violence since 13 July, the administrative demarcation suffers from severe limitations in access to electricity, water and telecommunications services, acc…
As part of a ceasefire agreement, Syrian authorities are evacuating Bedouin families from the town of Suwayda, where bloody clashes between them and the Druze religious minority have raged for more than a week. More than 1,200 people have been killed, according to monitors, but the ceasefire is now holding, despite sporadic gunfire.
REPORT - The hostilities between Druze and Bedouins in this city have attracted combatants from across the country, killing at least 1,265 people in ten days.
Journalists wounded, media office damaged in Syria violence - Committee to Protect Journalists
Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, July 22, 2025—Journalists were wounded, shot at, and blocked from entering the southern city of Sweida as sectarian violence spread across the region last week, according to multiple journalists who spoke to CPJ. An Israeli airstrike also damaged a media outlet in Damascus. “The violence against journalists in Sweida — including injuries, intimidation, and the ransacking of media offices — along with the attack on a media out…
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