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    Syria’s armed Bedouins say they have withdrawn from Druze-majority city

    LEN EditorBy LEN EditorJuly 20, 2025Updated:July 21, 2025 World No Comments4 Mins Read
    Syria’s armed Bedouins say they have withdrawn from Druze-majority city
    Week-long fighting also led to a series of targeted sectarian attacks against the Druze community, followed by revenge attacks against the Bedouins (Omar Sanadiki/AP)
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    Syria’s armed Bedouin clans announced on Sunday that they had withdrawn from the Druze-majority city of Sweida after week-long clashes and a US-brokered ceasefire.

    The clashes between militias of the Druze religious minority and the Sunni Muslim clans killed hundreds and threatened to unravel Syria’s already fragile post-war transition.

    Israel also launched dozens of airstrikes in the Druze-majority Sweida province, targeting government forces who had effectively sided with the Bedouins.

    Syrian government security forces blocked Bedouin fighters, pictured in the background, from entering Sweida province (Omar Sanadiki/AP)

    The clashes also led to a series of targeted sectarian attacks against the Druze community, followed by revenge attacks against the Bedouins.

    A series of tit-for-tat kidnappings sparked the clashes in various towns and villages in the province, which later spread to Sweida city, the provincial capital.

    Government forces were redeployed to halt renewed fighting that erupted on Thursday, before withdrawing again.

    Interim president Ahmad al-Sharaa, who has been perceived as more sympathetic to the Bedouins, had tried to appeal to the Druze community while remaining critical of the militias.

    Dozens of Bedouin fighters, right, remained on the outskirts of the city and were cordoned off by Syrian government security forces (Ghaith Alsayed/AP)

    He later urged the Bedouins to leave the city, saying that they “cannot replace the role of the state in handling the country’s affairs and restoring security”.

    “We thank the Bedouins for their heroic stances but demand they fully commit to the ceasefire and comply with the state’s orders,” he said in an address broadcast on Saturday.

    Dozens of armed Bedouin fighters alongside other clans from around the country who came to support them remained on the outskirts of the city and were cordoned off by government security forces and military police.

    They blame the clashes on the Druze factions loyal to spiritual leader Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri and accuse them of harming Bedouin families.

    “We will not leave until he turns himself in alongside those with him who tried to stir sedition. And only then will we go home,” Khaled al-Mohammad, who came to the southern province alongside other tribesman from the eastern Deir al-Zour province, told The Associated Press.

    We reaffirm that we have no dispute with anyone on any religious or ethnic basis. Shame and disgrace be upon all those who seek to sow discord and hatred in the minds of young people

    The Bedouins’ withdrawal brought a cautious calm to the area, with humanitarian convoys on their way.

    The Syrian Red Crescent said on Sunday that it had sent 32 trucks loaded with food, medicine, water, fuel and other aid, after the fighting left the province with power cuts and shortages.

    Syria’s state news agency SANA reported that the convoy entered Sweida on Sunday, but accused Mr al-Hijri and his armed Druze supporters of turning back a government delegation that accompanied another convoy.

    The foreign ministry in a statement said the convoy accompanying the delegation had two ambulances loaded with aid provided by local and international organisations.

    Mr al-Hijri did not directly respond to the accusations but said in a statement that he welcomed any assistance for Sweida and slammed what he claims were distorted campaigns against him.

    “We reaffirm that we have no dispute with anyone on any religious or ethnic basis,” the statement read.

    A convoy of vehicles loaded with food and other aid en route to Sweida (Omar Sanadiki/AP)

    “Shame and disgrace be upon all those who seek to sow discord and hatred in the minds of young people.”

    The UN International Organisation for Migration said 128,571 people were displaced during the clashes, including 43,000 on Saturday alone.

    Washington’s special envoy to Syria, Tom Barrack, said the clashes and atrocities “overshadowed” an initial cautious optimism about the country’s post-war transition and the international community’s lifting of sanctions.

    “All factions must immediately lay down their arms, cease hostilities and abandon cycles of tribal vengeance,” Mr Barrack said on X.

    “Syria stands at a critical juncture — peace and dialogue must prevail — and prevail now.”

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