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In photos: Bedouin clans in Syria say they have withdrawn from Sweida following deadly fighting

Syria’s armed Bedouin clans announced Sunday they had withdrawn from the Druze-majority city of Sweida following weeklong clashes and a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, as humanitarian aid convoys started to enter the battered southern city.

The Independent UK

‘Tense calm’ returns to Syria’s Sweida province after week of deadly violence

More than 1,000 people estimated to have been killed after clashes between Bedouin and Druze groups

The Guardian - UK

Calm Returns To South Syria After Violence That Killed 1,000: 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 1,000 people.

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Syria clashes continue as Sharaa regime struggles to enforce ceasefire

Government claims Sweida cleared of Bedouin fighters

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Syria's armed Bedouins say they have withdrawn from Druze-majority city after weeklong fighting

Armed Bedouin clans in Syria have withdrawn from the southern city of Sweida after over a week of deadly clashes

The Independent UK

Palestinian Health Ministry says 73 people killed while waiting for aid in Gaza – as it happened

More than 150 people also wounded, some critically, as some witnesses say Israeli military shot at crowd

The Guardian - UK

Syria's armed Bedouins say they have withdrawn from Sweida after week of clashes

Syria's armed Bedouins say they have withdrawn from the Druze-majority city of Sweida, bringing a cautious calm as humanitarian convoys reportedly make their way to the area.

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Clashes, Homes Torched In South Syria's Sweida Despite Ceasefire

Smoke rose from burning houses in south Syria's Sweida on Saturday and an Arab tribal fighter vowed to "slaughter" residents as deadly clashes with Druze fighters persisted.

International Business Times

Clashes continue in Sweida after Syrian presidency’s ceasefire declaration

Government urges all parties to commit to truce and says any breaches will be violation of sovereignty

The Guardian - UK

Syria's leader urges Bedouin tribes to commit to a ceasefire ending clashes with the Druze

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 Sweida

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Syria Forces Deploy In Druze Heartland After US Brokers Deal With Israel

Syrian interior ministry forces began deploying in Sweida on Saturday under a US-brokered deal intended to avert further Israeli military intervention in the Druze-majority province.

International Business Times

Syrian presidency announces ceasefire after days of violence

Syria’s interior ministry spokesperson said earlier on Saturday that internal security forces had begun deploying in Sweida

The Independent UK

Dozens reported dead and more than 100 wounded after Israeli attacks on Gaza aid centres – as it happened

Gaza’s civil defence agency said ‘Israeli gunfire’ had killed 22 people at one site and four at another

The Guardian - UK

Escalating unrest in Syria lays bare new regime’s momentous challenges

Division between minority populations drag Syria further into cycle of violence and attracts Israeli opportunism

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Syria's interim president urges Bedouin tribes to commit to ceasefire to end clashes with Druze

The agreement comes after intense clashes displaced tens of thousands of people and contributed to a worsening humanitarian crisis in a region still recovering from over a decade of brutal civil war.

International Business Times

'Mass Grave': Medics Appeal For Aid At Last Working Hospital In Syria's Sweida

In the last barely-functional hospital in Sweida, bodies are overflowing from the morgue, staff said, amid violence that has wracked the Druze-majority southern Syrian city for nearly a week.

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Israel is exploiting the vacuum left by southern Syria’s sectarian clashes and a weak state

Several days of bitter sectarian fighting in the south of Syria has brought the fledgling government in Damascus dangerously close to direct conflict with Israel, after Israeli warplanes launched strikes against government buildings in the Syrian capital, Damascus, on July 16.

International Business Times

New Clashes Rock Syria's Druze Heartland As Tribal Fighters Reinforce Bedouin

Armed tribes supported by Syria's Islamist-led government clashed with Druze fighters in the community's Sweida heartland on Friday, a day after the army withdrew under Israeli bombardment and diplomatic pressure.

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Sharaa's Pullout From Syria Druze Heartland Exposes Shaky Leadership

Under Israeli bombardment and diplomatic pressure, Ahmed al-Sharaa pulled troops from Syria's Druze heartland -- a move that exposes the interim leader's weakness just as he sought to assert control.

The Independent UK

Israel to ‘allow’ Syrian forces entry to conflict-stricken city as violence flares

Syria says it is moving to quell renewed fighting with Bedouin tribes

The Independent UK

Syrian government forces set to re-enter Sweida province after renewed Druze-Bedouin clashes

Clashes have erupted again between Druze militias and Bedouin clans in southern Syria

The Guardian - UK

Middle East crisis: Netanyahu speaks to Pope after three killed in Israeli strike on Gaza church – as it happened

Leo urges Israeli PM to reach a ceasefire deal and expresses concern over ‘heartbreaking toll’ in region

The Independent UK

Syria's Druze find bodies in the streets while searching for loved ones after days of clashes

Members of Syria's Druze community are searching for loved ones and counting their dead after days of clashes in a southern province that left bloodied bodies of civilians on the streets and homes looted

The Guardian - UK

‘Shot in the head, as if executed’: four days of violence end with hundreds dead in southern Syria

Sectarian divisions prompted the worst unrest in Syria since March as the Druze population of Sweida province suffered massacres and executions

The Independent UK

Key players in Syria's latest eruption of violence, from the Druze and Bedouin to government forces

Clashes that shook southern Syria this week have killed hundreds of people, including civilians, and drawn in an array of both local and international players, harking back to the dynamics of the country’s nearly 14-year civil war

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