SYRIA – A Bedouin and Druze conflict in Suwayda southern Syria have left over 30 people dead and over 100 others injured after a clash between armed Bedouin tribal fighters and Druze militias.
Syria’s Interior Ministry expressed deep concern and sorrow over the “bloody developments” that took place between “local armed groups and tribes” in Suwayda’s Al-Maqous neighborhood on late Sunday.
“In this context, the Ministry of Interior confirms that units of its forces, in coordination with the Ministry of Defense, will intervene directly in the region to resolve the conflict, stop clashes, impose security, prosecute those responsible for the events, and refer them to the competent judiciary,” it added.
