Syrian troops move into 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
On Wednesday, state media declared the army’s withdrawal marked the end of operations against “outlaw groups.” A ten‑point cease‑fire agreement was read on national television by Sheikh Youssef Jarboua, one of Syria’s top Druze clerics.
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Al Jazeera on MSNSyria declares new Suwayda ceasefire, deploys forces to ‘restore security’Israeli intervention ‘reignited tensions’, with fighting ‘a dangerous turning point’, President al-Sharaa said.
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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.
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.
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Al Jazeera on MSNSuwayda tense as Syria reels from sectarian fighting, Israeli attacksPresident al-Sharaa says ‘Israeli entity has consistently targeted our stability, sowed discord since fall’ of al-Assad.
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).
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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.
The Syrian Druze community has three prominent religious leaders, as well as a number of armed groups that continue to operate in the area after the civil war.