A “cautious calm” has returned to the Syrian city of Suweida after a week of deadly tribal clashes between Druze fighters, Bedouin gunmen and government forces, a UK-based monitoring group has said.<\/p>\n
Residents reported that fighting stopped on Sunday as Syria’s Islamist-led government declared the Bedouins had withdrawn from the predominantly Druze city “after days of bloody battles and chaos”, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said.<\/p>\n
It followed a ceasefire announced by Syria’s president on Saturday, which did not quell fighting straight away. <\/p>\n
More than 1,000 people have been killed in the clashes and there is now a severe shortage of medical supplies in the city, the SOHR added. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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At least 128,000 people have been displaced by the violence, the United Nations migration agency said on Sunday.<\/p>\n
“Activists have reported that Suweida has been experiencing a cautious calm since the early hours of Sunday morning,” the SOHR said. <\/p>\n
“Meanwhile, the Syrian government security forces closed roads leading to Suweida to tribes, using soil barriers to prevent vehicles from crossing, except for ambulances, in a move to contain tensions.” <\/p>\n
The SOHR added that the city remains under the control of local Druze fighters, while tribal gunmen have withdrawn from several areas within the province.<\/p>\n
Long-running tensions between Druze and Bedouin tribes erupted into deadly sectarian clashes a week ago, after the abduction of a Druze merchant on the road to the capital Damascus. <\/p>\n
Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s government responded by deploying forces to the city.<\/p>\n
Both Druze and Bedouin fighters have been accused of atrocities over the past seven days, as well as members of the security forces and individuals affiliated with the interim government.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, al-Sharaa announced a ceasefire and sent security forces to Suweida to end the fighting. <\/p>\n
It has been reported that Druze fighters pushed Bedouin gunmen out of the city on Saturday evening – but violence continued in other parts of the province. This has not been verified by the BBC.<\/p>\n
On Sunday morning, fighting could not be heard, AFP correspondents near Suweida reported.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the SOHR warned that the humanitarian situation in the city was worsening, pointing to a “severe shortage” of basic medical supplies. <\/p>\n
An unnamed resident said that aid was needed immediately, telling the Reuters news agency: “The smell of corpses is spread throughout the national hospital.”<\/p>\n
Kenan Azzam, a local dentist speaking as the city was gripped by what he called a “tense calm”, said the hospitals were “a disaster and out of service”.<\/p>\n
A Suweida medic told AFP that “no relief or medical assistance” had entered the city before Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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