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Thursday, July 17, 2025
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Thursday, July 17, 2025
Syrian forces withdraw from Sweida area, witnesses say
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSyrian government forces have withdrawn from the whole of Sweida province after days of sectarian bloodshed in the heartland of the Druze minority, a war monitor and witnesses say.
The pullout comes after Islamist interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa announced in a televised address that “responsibility” for security in Sweida would be handed to religious elders and some local factions “based on the supreme national interest.”
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