The Syrian Interior Ministry's spokesperson Noureddine al-Baba states that the clashes in the city of Sweida have ceased ”after the Interior Ministry's intensive efforts to implement the ceasefire agreement”.
The violence in southern Syria broke out a week ago, when Druze and Bedouins clashed. Syrian government forces later intervened in the area, but were in turn accused of having killed civilian Druze.
More than 900 people have been killed since Sunday, according to the UK-based Syrian Human Rights Observatory (SOHR).
Marco Rubio writes in a post on X that if the Syrian regime in Damascus wants Syria to become a peaceful country, they must ”use their security forces to prevent IS and all other violent jihadists from entering the area and carrying out massacres”.
The US Secretary of State adds that everyone guilty of atrocities must also be held accountable, including those in the Syrian government's leadership.
