Druze, Syria and Bedouin
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Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa has urged Sunni Bedouin tribes to honor a ceasefire aimed at ending deadly clashes with Druze-linked militias.
Syrian Bedouin and their allies fought Druze fighters in the community's Sweida heartland for a seventh day Saturday despite a ceasefire ordered by the government following a US-brokered deal to avert further Israeli military intervention.
Israel has been carrying out strikes on Syria since the fall of the Assad regime last December. This week saw a major escalation, when Israel said it attacked Syria to protect the Druze, an Arab minority at the center of clashes with government loyalists.
Israel carries out powerful airstrikes in Syrian capital US says fighting will stop soon Israel hits military targets with avowed aim of shielding Druze Violence in Syria involves Druze, Bedouin and government forces DAMASCUS/JERUSALEM,