Clashes have erupted again between Druze militias and Bedouin clans in southern Syria. Government forces withdrew from the area earlier this week under a U.S.

Syrian government forces were preparing to deploy again to the southern city of Sweida on Friday after renewed clashes broke out overnight between Druze armed groups and members of Bedouin clans. The move comes despite threats from Israel,

Syria's Druze have reached a ceasefire agreement with the Syrian government in Sweida that will take immediate effect, Druze religious leader Sheikh Yousef Jarbou said in a video broadcast by state media on Wednesday.