The Druzo Mazes regained control of the city of Sueida, but inter -community conflicts are still continuing in the rest of the homonymous province, reporting a non -governmental organization and a group of armed people tonight.
The battles continue despite the announcement of the Syrian Authorities for a ceasefire, after clashes between the Drussians on the one hand and the Bedouin and other tribes on the other, who claimed the lives of at least 940 people within a week.
In the morning the Bedouins were in the western part of the city, whose mostly residents are Drouz. “The tribal fighters were withdrawn from the suede on Saturday night,” after a counterattack by the Drouz, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Bassem Fahr, a spokesman for one of the main armed movements of Druzes, confirmed to the French agency that “there are no more Bedouins in the city”.
“We were committed to keeping the truce, but our Bedouins attack many axes outside the city,” he added.
The Observatory said that tribal fighters were still bombarding the city and after their departure and that clashes occurred in other areas of the province.
The local Suwayda24 news website spoke of fierce battles in the Arika community, north of the city.
At a press conference in Damascus tonight, Intelligence Minister Hamza Mustafa admitted that the truce was “fragile”. He explained that the first phase of implementation of the agreement had begun, with “the development of security forces in the Sueida province”, but not in the city itself.
The second phase provides for the opening of humanitarian corridors between the Sueida and Deraa provinces to safely remove civilians and the injured, he added. The development of security forces in the city of Sueida will take place at a later stage.
