According to British Sky News, which is in the city of Sweida, around 30,000 people, mostly Druze, are believed to be trapped in the city without electricity and with limited access to food and water. The main road into the besieged city is closed and guarded by Syrian government forces.
Over 1,100 people have died in the fighting in southern Syria in the past week. On Sunday, the first humanitarian aid arrived in the city of Sweida.
According to the Sky News correspondent, armed Bedouins have set up camp outside the city.
Syrian authorities are evacuating Bedouin families from Sweida on Monday, reports AFP, whose correspondent on the spot tells how convoys of buses and other vehicles are traveling back and forth in and out of the city with civilians.
The clashes between Druze and Bedouins broke out in Sweida a week ago. Syrian government forces later moved into the area, but were in turn accused of having killed civilian Druze in the fighting.
US envoy to Syria, Tom Barrack, said on Sunday that the country is at a "critical juncture".
"All factions must immediately lay down their arms, cease the violence and stop the recurring acts of revenge," he wrote on X.
