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Bedouin Fighters Withdraw From Sweida as U.S.-Brokered Truce Holds

Under a U.S.-brokered truce, Bedouin fighters have withdrawn opening the way for civilian evacuations from Sweida.

A member of the Syrian security forces stands along a street, after clashes between Syrian government troops and local Druze fighters resumed in the southern Druze city of Sweida early on Wednesday, collapsing a ceasefire announced just hours earlier that aimed to put an end to days of deadly sectarian bloodshed, in Sweida, Syria July 16, 2025. REUTERS/Karam al-Masri/File Photo
Bedouin families ride on a vehicle as they leave the village of Al-Mazraa, as residents reported calm in Syria's Sweida on Sunday after the Islamist-led government announced that Bedouin fighters had withdrawn from the predominantly Druze city and a U.S. envoy signaled that a deal to end days of fighting was being implemented, in Sweida, Syria, July 21, 2025. REUTERS/Karam al-Masri
A view shows a street in the village of Walgha, near an Internal Security Forces checkpoint working to prevent Bedouin fighters from advancing towards Sweida, following renewed fighting between Bedouin fighters and Druze gunmen, despite an announced truce, in Sweida province, Syria July 19, 2025. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi/File Photo
Bedouin families ride in a vehicle as they leave the village of Al-Mazraa, as residents reported calm in Syria's Sweida on Sunday after the Islamist-led government announced that Bedouin fighters had withdrawn from the predominantly Druze city and a U.S. envoy signaled that a deal to end days of fighting was being implemented, in Sweida, Syria, July 21, 2025. REUTERS/Karam al-Masri

Overview

  • Under the U.S.-brokered ceasefire, armed Bedouin clans left Sweida city on July 20.
  • Syrian interior ministry forces have deployed around Sweida’s outskirts to enforce the truce.
  • Hundreds of Bedouin civilians, including women, children and the injured, have been evacuated to nearby displacement camps.
  • Officials are arranging hostage and detainee exchanges along with recovery of bodies of those killed.
  • Humanitarian convoys remain constrained with only the Syrian Arab Red Crescent allowed entry despite U.N. appeals.