Overview

• Sectarian clashes in Suwaida province have claimed at least 1,300 lives, including combatants and civilians, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
• Syrian authorities and the Red Crescent have coordinated the evacuation of about 1,500 Beduine civilians to relief centers in Daraa and Damascus.
• The interior and defense ministries have opened investigations into alleged extrajudicial killings by security forces and other armed groups during the clashes.
• Israel’s recent airstrikes on Syrian government convoys and the Damascus defense ministry underscored the regional stakes of the Suwaida fighting.
• President Ahmed al-Scharaa’s public praise for Beduine fighters has intensified political tensions and drawn criticism for undermining the fragile truce.