Syrian government forces re-enter Sweida province
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Syria's interior ministry spokesperson said on Friday that government forces were not preparing to deploy to Sweida Province, the state news agency reported.
Syrian forces are preparing redeployment to Sweida as ceasefire collapses, prompting international concern over escalating violence.
The conflict had drawn airstrikes against Syrian forces by neighboring Israel in defense of the Druze before a truce halted most of the fighting.
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.
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,
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The fighting had threatened to unravel Syria's post-war political transition and brought further military intervention by neighbouring Israel.View on euronews
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Free Malaysia Today on MSNIsrael sends aid to Syria’s Druze after deadly Sweida clashes and airstrikesIsrael's statement on Friday came just days after sectarian violence and Israeli airstrikes in Syria left hundreds dead.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported "clashes west of Sweida pitting tribal fighters and Bedouin supported by the authorities on one side, against Druze fighters on the other". Combatants on both sides confirmed the exchange of fire to AFP correspondents.
ALBAWABA - There were fierce fights in and around the city of Sweida in southern Syria between clan fighters and armed groups that the government called