Syrian and Israeli governments have already announced ceasefire, but sectarian violence continues, with hundreds of deaths
The Syrian government sends security forces to the Sweida region in the south of the country, where clashes between Drusos and Bedouins continue on Saturday (19.Jul.2025), despite attempts to implement a ceasefire. Reporters of the Agency They heard fire in the city and saw projectiles hitting nearby villages, in a climb of violence that already lasts almost a week.
Syrian authorities asked all parties to cease the fighting after days of sectarian violence that caused hundreds of dead. According to Reuterswhich maintains correspondents in the region, the clashes began last week among the Druses – religious minority present in southern Syria, in the hills of Golhan, occupied by Israel, and parts of Lebanon and Jordan – and Syrian Bedouns tribes.
Current violence occurs 7 months after President Bashar Al-Assad (Baath, left) in December 2024. The clashes represent a challenge to the control of the government led by interim President Ahmed Al-Sharaa (HTS, military/religious group), which took over after the overthrow of Assad.
O (Syrian Observatory for Human Rights), a monitoring group based in Britain, said the clashes since last week around Sweida resulted in the deaths of at least 940 people.
Omar obeid, director of a hospital in Sweida, reported to Reuters that the unit was full of bodies and injured after days of violence. “All injuries are bombs, some people with chest injuries. There are also limb injuries for shrapnel”these.
The conflict attracted to From Israel, who carried out air strikes in southern Syria and against the Ministry of Defense in Damascus this week, while government forces fought against the Druses. Israel claims to be protecting the Druses. Syria and Israel, however, came to a of ceasefire this Saturday (19.Jul).
The United States and Israel have different views on Syria. Washington supports a centralized Syrian under the government of Sharaa, which promised to govern to all citizens, while Israel claims that the government is dominated by jihadists and represents a danger to minorities.
Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa stated that mediation “Arab and American” He had helped restore calm before the clashes. He Israel by the air strikes during the week.
