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Armed Bedouin clans in Syria have withdrawn from the southern city of Sweida after over a week of deadly clashes.
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The National on MSNAid convoys enter Syria's Sweida after week of bloody clashesThe first humanitarian convoy entered the Druze-majority city of Sweida in southern Syria on Sunday, after a week of deadly clashes. A fragile ceasefire appeared to be holding after Druze fighters reasserted control of their heartland of Sweida city and government troops were sent to the province.
A week after deadly clashes between Bedouin and Druze fighters in the southern Syrian city of Sweida, Syrian Red Crescent convoys drove on Sunday along the Damascus-Daraa highway to provide humanitarian assistance to citizens stranded in villages under attack.
The first humanitarian aid convoy entered the southern Syrian city of Sweida today, a Red Crescent official says, a week after deadly sectarian violence erupted in the Druze heartland.
Sky News' special correspondent Alex Crawford is in southern Syria, where the government says escalating violence has been halted and a fragile ceasefire between rival factions is in place. Follow below for the latest updates.
Steps taken by the state in Suwayda were aimed at protecting civilians and preventing the conflict from escalating further,' says Hamza al-Mustafa - Anadolu Ajansı
The Syrian News Agency (SANA) quoted the media office of the Syrian Ministry of Health stating that al-Hijri refused entry to the official government delegation accompanying the aid convoy to the Sweida province after opening safe passages as part of a ceasefire agreement in the province.
Sky News' special correspondent Alex Crawford is in southern Syria, where the government says escalating violence has been halted and a fragile ceasefire between rival factions is in place. Follow below for the latest updates.
Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, his Syrian counterpart Asaad al-Shaibani, and US Special Envoy to Syria Thomas Barrack held trilateral talks on Saturday to discuss the situation in Syria and efforts to solidify the ceasefire reached earlier in the day in the Suwayda province.
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Armed Bedouin clans have withdrawn from the Druze-majority Syrian city of Sweida after a week of deadly clashes. A U.S.