The Syrian Arab Red Crescent and Civil Defense teams, assisted by female-led volunteer groups, launched rapid response operations in Daraa to register and assist the arriving families. Humanitarian aid convoys were also seen passing through Busra al-Sham heading toward As Suwayda, under the supervision of relief organizations.

A U.S. envoy has urged Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa to recalibrate his policies and embrace a more inclusive approach after a new round of sectarian bloodshed last week, or risk losing international support and fragmenting the country.

Government forces that were initially sent to restore order but effectively sided with the Bedouins against the Druze were redeployed to halt renewed fighting that erupted Thursday in the southern province of Sweida. The violence also drew airstrikes against Syrian forces by neighboring Israel before a truce was reached.

SYRIA: SYRIA’s government has announced that Bedouin fighters have been cleared from the city of Suwayda and that government forces have been deployed to oversee their exit from the entire governorate.

Sectarian-tinged clashes left hundreds dead and drew in Israeli military intervention. A U.S. envoy said Israel and Syria had agreed to a truce.

Syrian security forces are beginning to move into the restive province of Suwayda after days of communal fighting in which hundreds of people have been killed,the country’s interior ministry says.

Syria denies forces will re-enter conflict-stricken city despite Israeli warnings - The move further strains a fragile truce