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Wednesday, July 16, 2025
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Clashes resume in Syria’s Druze city of Sweida after ceasefire announcement
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A convoy of government forces drives toward Sweida city where clashes erupted between government troops and Druze militias as it passes through Mazraa village in southern Syria, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)
Clashes between Syrian government troops and local Druze fighters resumed in the southern Druze city of Sweida early this morning, just hours after a ceasefire was announced.
Local news outlet Sweida24 says the city and nearby villages were coming under heavy artillery and mortar fire early, while Syria’s defense ministry, in a statement carried by state news agency SANA, blames outlaw groups in Sweida for breaching the truce.
Israel carried out strikes against Syrian forces yesterday in a bid to protect the Druze, but reports last night said Israel had agreed to a US request to halt the strikes.
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