The intervention of the Syrian security and army forces to contain the escalation in the Druze-majority Suwayda province has been met with rejection from the local Druze community.

Sunday’s fighting between Druze militiamen and Bedouin tribal fighters was the first time that sectarian violence erupted inside the city of Sweida itself, following months of tensions in the broader

Clashes between Druze militias and Sunni Bedouin clans in Syria's Sweida province have killed more than 30 people and injured nearly 100.