Overview

• Clashes between Bedouin tribes and Druze fighters in southern Syria have killed about 99 people, including combatants and civilians, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
• Interim government troops moved into Soueïda and secured the Al-Mazraah suburb while imposing a city-wide curfew to restore order.
• Druze leaders and Syrian officials have opened negotiations aimed at reaching a ceasefire to stop the renewed violence.
• Israel’s military reported strikes on Syrian government armor near Soueïda to prevent any military buildup in the south.
• The Damascus–Soueïda highway remains closed, hindering civilian movement and humanitarian access to the conflict zone.