The fighting in the Druze town of Suwayda (Suweida) in southern Syria continued on Saturday, as Bedouin tribes continued attacking the town despite a ceasefire that was agreed to by the government of President Ahmad al-Sharaa.
According to reports and the authorities, the government’s security forces did not join in the renewed fighting on Saturday, but deployed to the outskirts of the Druze stronghold.After the Israeli Air Force carried out over 160 airstrikes against government troops over the past week in support of the Druze, an Israeli official told media outlets that “Israel has agreed to allow limited entry of the (Syrian) internal security forces into Suwayda district for the next 48 hours.”
According to the French AFP news agency, Bedouin and tribal fighters, many of which joined the fighting from other parts of the country, pushed into Suwayda from the west on Saturday as reports of burning houses and new atrocities circulated on social media, where they are hard to verify. (Read More)