Israel carried out strikes against Syrian government forces in southern Syria, saying it was acting to protect the Druze minority.

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Syria’s armed Bedouin clans' withdrawal from the Druze-majority city of Sweida brought a cautious calm to the area, with humanitarian convoys on their way.

The Bedouin fighters have retreated from the city to surrounding villages in the province after a week of deadly sectarian clashes between Druze fighters, Bedouins and government forces, with Israel carrying out air strikes in support of the Druze.

Armed Bedouin tribes withdrew from the southern Syrian province of Sweida on Sunday, following a week of bloody factional fighting with Druze militias that has threatened to unravel Syria’s postwar transition.