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Syria’s armed Bedouins say they have withdrawn from Druze-majority city after weeklong fighting
SWEIDA, SYRIA, JUL 20 – A U.S.-brokered ceasefire ended weeklong clashes that killed at least 940 people, prompting Bedouin fighters to withdraw and easing tensions in the Druze-majority city of Sweida.
- 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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According to AFP, relative calm has settled over Sweida in Syria after a ceasefire was announced on Saturday.
After just over a week of fighting in southern Syria – at least 900 deaths
Calm Reported in Syria’s Sweida, Damascus Says Truce Holding
Residents reported calm in Syria's Sweida on Sunday after the Islamist-led government announced that Bedouin fighters had withdrawn from the predominantly Druze city and a US envoy signaled that a deal to end days of fighting was being implemented. With hundreds reported killed, the Sweida bloodshed is a major test for interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa,
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Calm returns to south Syria after violence that killed over 1,100: monitor
Calm returned to southern Syria's Sweida province on Sunday, a monitor and AFP correspondents reported, after a week of sectarian violence between Druze fighters and rival groups that killed more than 1,100 people.
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