Israeli intervention ‘reignited tensions’, with fighting ‘a dangerous turning point’, President al-Sharaa said.

Security units have already started their deployment in and around southern province to enforce terms of ceasefire, according to Syrian state-run news agency SANA - Anadolu Ajansı

Clashes have continued between Druze fighters and tribal groups in Syria’s southern province of Suwayda, pushing the death toll to over 900 despite an internationally sponsored ceasefire announced earlier in the day,

On Wednesday, state media declared the army’s withdrawal marked the end of operations against “outlaw groups.” A ten‑point cease‑fire agreement was read on national television by Sheikh Youssef Jarboua, one of Syria’s top Druze clerics.

Steps taken by the state in Suwayda were aimed at protecting civilians and preventing the conflict from escalating further,' says Hamza al-Mustafa - Anadolu Ajansı

The Jolani administration announced the deployment of internal security forces in Syria’s Suwayda province on Saturday, claiming the move aims to restore order amid ongoing armed confrontations with tribal fighters who reject the terms of a newly brokered ceasefire.

AS-SUWAYDA] The southern Syrian province of As-Suwayda has once again surged to the forefront of the national crisis, this time with reports of field massacres and tribal clashes between Druze and Bedouins.

Israel has struck the headquarters of the Syrian Ministry of Defence and close to the presidential palace in the capital Damascus, dramatically escalating on another military front in the region, and following through on its threats to intervene over clashes between government troops and Druze fighters in the southern Syrian city of Suwayda.

The death toll in Syria’s southern province of Suwayda has climbed to 718 amid fierce clashes between armed tribal factions and militant groups linked to the Joulani government, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).

The Syrian Druze community has three prominent religious leaders, as well as a number of armed groups that continue to operate in the area after the civil war.

Syria and Israel have agreed to a ceasefire, US ambassador to Turkiye, Tom Barrack, has announced, drawing an uneasy truce between the neighbours after days of air strikes and sectarian bloodshed in Syria’s southwestern Suwayda region.