A fragile truce, a fractured land: Death toll in Syria’s Sweida violence rises to 940 despite ceasefire

A fragile truce, a fractured land: Death toll in Syria’s Sweida violence rises to 940 despite ceasefire

Syria’s interim president Ahmad al-Sharaa has called on the Sunni Bedouin tribes to fully adhere to the ceasefire, aimed at halting deadly confrontations with Druze-affiliated militias that have claimed hundreds of lives and put the country’s fragile post-conflict transition at risk.

Druze from Syria and Israel protest on the Israeli-Syrian border, in Majdal Shams in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, amid the ongoing clashes between Syrian government forces and Druze armed groups in the southern Syrian city of Sweida.Photo | AP