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Syrian government urges respect for shaky truce in Druze region
SWEIDA PROVINCE, SYRIA, JUL 20 – The ceasefire ends clashes that killed over 300 people and involves limited Syrian government troop deployment backed by the US, Turkey, and Jordan, aiming to stabilize Sweida.
- Violent confrontations broke out on July 13, 2025, between Bedouin tribal fighters and Druze militias in the southern Syrian province of Suwayda, with hostilities continuing through July 19 amid ongoing unrest.
- The violence erupted following the abduction of a Druze vegetable trader by Bedouin groups, which set off a series of retaliatory kidnappings amid deep-rooted hostilities.
- The leadership in Syria declared an immediate and all-encompassing ceasefire, agreed upon by all conflicting groups, while security personnel were deployed throughout the province to enforce the truce.
- Since Monday morning, Sweida National Hospital has taken in upwards of 400 bodies, with morgue capacity exceeded and power outages hindering proper body preservation, as health facilities face severe strain.
- The conflict displaced 79,339 people, drew international calls to end bloodshed, and prompted Israeli support worth nearly $600,000 to Druze communities in Sweida.
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The Syrian government announced on Saturday a ceasefire agreement and said it would redeploy its forces to the restless southern province of Sweida, in a new effort to stifle a deadly wave of sectarian violence that attracted neighboring Israel. "The Syrian State has managed to calm the situation despite difficult circumstances," President Ahmed al-Shara said in a televised speech on Saturday, describing the recent bloodshed as a "dangerous turn…
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