Overview

• Government-affiliated fighters and Druze militias clashed in Sweida on August 3, killing at least one Syrian security member and wounding several combatants.
• In Aleppo province, exchanges of fire between government troops and the Syrian Democratic Forces around Manbij and Deir Haffar injured civilians and soldiers.
• Israeli ground forces conducted an operation in Quneitra province along the Golan Heights, detaining suspected weapons traffickers and seizing arms caches.
• Renewed violence has shattered recent ceasefires in southern and northeastern Syria, undermining interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa’s efforts to assert control.
• Humanitarian access to Sweida remains limited as tens of thousands of displaced residents face shortages of food, shelter and medical aid.