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<span>Syrian authorities deployed security forces to intervene directly in Sweida to resolve the conflict, with the Interior Ministry blaming the escalation on the absence of official institutions and the local community's inability to contain the crisis. The Damascus-Sweida highway was closed due to the violence, and secondary school exams scheduled for Monday were postponed.</span

Syrian authorities deployed security forces to intervene directly in Sweida to resolve the conflict, with the Interior Ministry blaming the escalation on the absence of official institutions and the local community's inability to contain the crisis. The Damascus-Sweida highway was closed due to the violence, and secondary school exams scheduled for Monday were postponed.

<span>The clashes centered in the Maqwas neighborhood east of Sweida, which is inhabited by Bedouin tribes and was later seized by armed Druze groups who encircled the area. Armed Bedouin tribesmen also launched attacks on Druze villages on the western and northern outskirts of the city, forcing residents to flee toward Sweida city center.</span

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The clashes centered in the Maqwas neighborhood east of Sweida, which is inhabited by Bedouin tribes and was later seized by armed Druze groups who encircled the area. Armed Bedouin tribesmen also launched attacks on Druze villages on the western and northern outskirts of the city, forcing residents to flee toward Sweida city center.

<span>This marks the first outbreak of deadly sectarian violence inside Sweida city itself since clashes between Druze fighters and security forces killed dozens in April and May following the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad in December. The Druze population in Syria numbers around 700,000, with Sweida province home to the sect's largest community.</span

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This marks the first outbreak of deadly sectarian violence inside Sweida city itself since clashes between Druze fighters and security forces killed dozens in April and May following the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad in December. The Druze population in Syria numbers around 700,000, with Sweida province home to the sect's largest community.

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