Syrian Forces Withdraw From Sweida
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Bloodshed in Sweida left at least 321 people dead, the Syrian Network for Human Rights said on Friday, in a new toll.
Syria’s interior ministry spokesperson stated on Friday that government forces were not prepared to redeploy to Sweida Province, according to the official news agency
The Israeli army continued to build a concrete wall on Friday to enforce the fence area separating the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria.
Israel has agreed to allow limited access by Syrian forces into the Sweida area of southern Syria for the next two days, an Israeli official said on Friday after days of bloodshed in and around Syria's Druze city of Sweida "In light of the ongoing instability in southwest Syria,
The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported a sudden Israeli incursion into the Druze-majority town of Qalaat Jandal in the Damascus countryside, 35 kilometers from the capital. Local sources also reported that Israeli occupation forces had reached the town of Qatna, some 10 kilometers from Damascus.
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Despite reports indicating the strike was carried out by Israel, Channel 12 reported that the Israeli military had not conducted the strikes. Israel carried out an airstrike in the vicinity of Syria's Sweida,
The United Nations refugee agency expressed concern on Friday about the impact of hostilities in Syria's southern city of Sweida on its aid operations, and urged all sides to allow more humanitarian access.
"If there were hopes over the last three hours that the ceasefire was going to hold, this is looking increasingly shaky, as the government has now said it's going to redeploy forces in Sweida," explains France 24's Philip Turle. Donald Trump scores second ...