Syria, Israel and Suwayda
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Security units have already started their deployment in and around southern province to enforce terms of ceasefire, according to Syrian state-run news agency SANA - Anadolu Ajansı
The Jolani administration announced the deployment of internal security forces in Syria’s Suwayda province on Saturday, claiming the move aims to restore order amid ongoing armed confrontations with tribal fighters who reject the terms of a newly brokered ceasefire.
AS-SUWAYDA] The southern Syrian province of As-Suwayda has once again surged to the forefront of the national crisis, this time with reports of field massacres and tribal clashes between Druze and Bedouins.
Clashes between Druze militias and Sunni Arab tribes have continued and grown after Syrian Army forces withdrew from the predominantly Druze governorate of Suwayda on July 16.
The death toll in Syria’s southern province of Suwayda has climbed to 718 amid fierce clashes between armed tribal factions and militant groups linked to the Joulani government, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).
The Syrian Council of Tribes and Clans on Saturday announced its full commitment to the comprehensive and immediate ceasefire declared by the presidency in the southern province of Suwayda.
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Al Jazeera on MSNIsrael hits Syrian army HQ, near Damascus palace as Suwayda fighting ragesIsrael has struck the headquarters of the Syrian Ministry of Defence and close to the presidential palace in the capital Damascus, dramatically escalating on another military front in the region, and following through on its threats to intervene over clashes between government troops and Druze fighters in the southern Syrian city of Suwayda.
According to local sources, fighting broke out near the village of Al-Dour, while Bedouin forces also attacked other rural areas west of the province. A source from the Ministry of Interior said Syrian security forces are preparing to redeploy in the Druze-majority city of As-Suwayda in an effort to reduce tensions between the two communities.
Despite a ceasefire agreement, fighting involving the government, Bedouin clans and Druze fighters spiraled on Friday.