Gunfire is reported to have stopped in southern Syria after days of sectarian violence which has led to more than a thousand deaths. Most of the clashes took place in Sweida City between Bedouin and Sunni tribal fighters on one side and Druze militias on the other.

Syrian security forces are deploying in the restive province of Suwayda after days of communal fighting in which hundreds of people have been killed, the country’s interior ministry says.

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

Sectarian violence erupted again in southern Syria as local Sunni Bedouin tribes fought armed factions for the Druze religious community. The Syrian government dispatched troops to restore order, and Israel launched airstrikes to protect the Druze.

Badly needed humanitarian supplies started to reach Syria's Druze-majority Sweida province on Sunday, a day after a ceasefire was announced following a week of sectarian fighting that left hundreds dead,

A tense calm prevails in the city of Al-Suwayda, in southern Syria, on Sunday, with sporadic clashes outside the city despite the ceasefire in effect, a week after sectarian violence between Bedouin and Druze groups.

One day after reaching a ceasefire with Israel, Syrian military forces began moving into the country's Suwayda Governorate, where dozens of people have been killed in recent days amid fighting between warring tribes.

Violence between government forces and armed factions of a religious minority in southern Syria this week has deepened divisions in a country still recuperating from a civil war

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,

STORY: As Syrian forces took up position near Sweida on Sunday, the government announced Bedouin fighters had withdrawn from the city.:: July 15, 2025Local residents described a tense calm in the area,