Sweida, Syria, July 19, 2025 (AFP) - Ceasefire order fails to halt fighting in Syria's Druze heartland

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2025-07-19

Syrian Bedouin and their allies fought Druze fighters in the community's Sweida heartland for a seventh day Saturday despite a ceasefire ordered by the government following a US-brokered deal to avert further Israeli military intervention. AFP correspondents reported clashes in the west of the provincial capital as Druze fighters battled armed Bedouin supported by tribal gunmen from other parts of Syria. The interior ministry announced that inter......

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