Sweida, Syria, July 17, 2025 (AFP) - Syria troops quit Druze heartland province after deadly clashes: monitor

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Syrian government forces have withdrawn from the whole of Sweida province after days of sectarian bloodshed in the heartland of the Druze minority, a war monitor and witnesses said Thursday. The pullout came after Islamist interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa said in a televised address that "responsibility" for security in Sweida would be handed to religious elders and some local factions "based on the supreme national interest". "The Syrian author......

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