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U.S.-Mediated Truce Stabilizes Sweida After Druze-Bedouin Clashes

Authorities have launched probes into execution videos following the relocation of Bedouin families under a U.S.-mediated ceasefire.

People queue to get bread in Sweida, Syria, as hundreds of Bedouin civilians were evacuated from Syria's predominantly Druze city of Sweida on Monday as part of a U.S.-backed truce meant to end days of bloodshed in southern Syria, state media and witnesses said, July 22, 2025. REUTERS/Fahed Kewan
EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Morgue workers place the bodies of unidentified people killed during clashes between Bedouin clans and Druze militias, into plastic bags outside the National Hospital in Sweida, Syria, Monday, July 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Fahd Kiwan)
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Overview

  • The U.S. brokered a ceasefire that has effectively halted sectarian clashes between Druze militias and Sunni Bedouin tribes which erupted on July 13.
  • Syrian government forces withdrew from Sweida this week as part of the agreement and dispatched 120 buses to move roughly 1,500 Bedouin families to Deraa.
  • Probes into summary executions have been opened by Syrian authorities after videos emerged of eight Druze men, including U.S. citizen Hosam Saraya, being gunned down.
  • The United Nations reports that more than 128,500 people have been displaced across southern Syria and humanitarian convoys remain blocked from entering Sweida.
  • President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s interim Islamist-led government faces challenges asserting control over allied militias and restoring security and aid in the region.