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Ceasefires Collapse as Sweida and Northern Syria Plunge Back into Violence

Humanitarian conditions in besieged areas have worsened as aid convoys face restrictions, with more than 145,000 residents displaced in Sweida.

A Syrian security checkpoint is seen as forces deploy in Mazraa village on the outskirts of Sweida city, in southern Syria, Sunday, July 20, 2025. A burned-out vehicle is seen in the foreground. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
Bedouin fighters rest in the shade of a house as Syrian government security forces block them from entering Sweida province, in Busra al-Harir village, southern Syria, Sunday, July 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
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Overview

  • Clashes around the strategic Tal al-Hadeed heights in western Sweida killed at least one Druze fighter and one security officer and wounded nine others, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
  • In northern Aleppo province, government-affiliated fighters exchanged fire with Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces near Manbij and Deir Haffar, straining a U.S.-brokered integration agreement.
  • Interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa’s government has struggled to assert control since ousting Bashar al-Assad, facing skepticism from political opponents and minority groups over its Islamist-leaning rule and allied militias.
  • The Israeli military conducted a ground operation in Quneitra province bordering the Golan Heights, detaining suspected weapons traffickers and seizing arms from multiple locations.
  • Aid convoys continue to enter Sweida under a tense truce, but residents are demanding full reopening of supply routes as shortages persist and displacement tops 145,000.