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A Province in Ruin: The Recent Developments in Suweida Over the Weekend - The Syrian Observer
SWEIDA, SYRIA, JUL 20 – A convoy of 32 vehicles delivered vital food, medical, and fuel supplies to Sweida after a ceasefire following deadly sectarian clashes that killed over 1,000 people, aid officials said.
- On Sunday, a Syrian Arab Red Crescent convoy entered As-Sweida Governorate, carrying food, water, medical supplies, and fuel for the first time since violence erupted a week earlier.
- On July 13, clashes erupted between Bedouin Arab tribes and armed Druze groups in Suwayda, plunging it under siege and cutting off electricity, water, and food supplies.
- Noureddin al-Baba implemented a presidency-announced ceasefire on Saturday, cleared tribal fighters from key routes on Sunday, and secured the north and west of the province, according to him.
- The convoy of 32 vehicles carrying food, medical and fuel supplies as well as body bags, Omar al-Malki said `It's the first convoy to enter after the recent events`.
- With nearly 130,000 displaced, according to UN estimates, and hospitals and health centers in As-Sweida out of service amid shortages, humanitarian access remains highly constrained.
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The US authorities have announced the opening of humanitarian corridors from the Syrian province of Sueida in south-west Syria, in the face of the "risk of armed conflict" after a week of clashes that has left more than 1,100 dead so far. The US Embassy in Damascus, inoperative since 2012, reported this in a "security alert" posted on its website, indicating that humanitarian corridors will be destined for the Syrian capital and the border cross…
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Israel struck targets near Sweida, provided aid to Druze, rights group says
UK-based Observatory for Human Rights says drones and planes attacked targets while choppers delivered aid; according to rights group death toll from recent violence rises to 1,120 including 298 civilians 'summarily executed'
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