Overview
- Syria’s Defense Ministry says army units have started pulling out of Suwaida city as part of a ceasefire deal
- Influential Druze cleric Hikmat al-Hidschri rejects the agreement and has urged local militias to maintain resistance
- The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports roughly 360 killed in clashes and alleged summary executions since early July
- Road closures and security fears have created severe shortages of food, medicine and fuel for Suwaida residents
- Israel has struck targets in Damascus and near Suwaida claiming to protect the Druze and the UN and US have called for further de-escalation and unhindered aid access