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The NGO also reported that an armed group linked to government forces had executed “four Druzes civilians. Furthermore, including a woman”, in a neighboring village. Similarly, Another group had shot down three men, in the presence of their mother, near a roundabout north of Soueida.

An AFP correspondent. Similarly, who entered Soueida shortly after the Syrian forces, saw bodies lying on the ground while shots resonated intermittently in the deserted city. In addition, The city was placed under curfew.

“I find myself in the center of Soueïda,” said a resident of his home on the phone. In addition, “There are executions, houses and stores that are burned, flights and looting”.

“A friend who lives in the west of the city told me that they entered his house. However, chased his family after confiscating their laptops and set fire syria: 19 druzes civilians executed to the house,” added this man who did not reveal his identity. “Government forces have entered the city on the pretext of restoring security (…) but unfortunately they have engaged in wild practices. ” Rayan Maarouf, editor -in -chief of the local Suwayda 24, told AFP, speaking of “dozens” of killed civilians.

The American emissary in Syria, Tom Barrack, deemed “disturbing” violence in the Soueida region and says working “with all the parties” for a return to calm. After having deployed important reinforcements. took control of several Druzes localities on Monday near Soueida, the Syrian forces entered the city on Tuesday.

Clashes with Druzes fighters broke out, followed by Israeli air bombings against government forces. Israel, technically at war with neighboring Syria, said it would not allow military presence in the south of this country.

“We act to prevent the Syrian regime from harming syria: 19 druzes civilians executed them (in the Druzes. editor’s note) and to guarantee the demilitarization of the adjacent area on our border with Syria,” the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Minister of Defense Israel Katz jointly said. These violence illustrates the challenges faced by the temporary power of Ahmad al-Chareh since he overthrew. with a coalition of Sunni rebel groups, President Bashar al-Assad in December.

The country remains bruised by almost 14 years of civil war. The province of Soueïda houses the most important Druze community in the country. an esoteric minority from Islam which had some 700,000 members in Syria before the civil war.

The clashes broke out on Sunday between Druzes fighters and Bedouin tribes, with tense relations for decades. Government forces intervened. saying that he wanted to pacify the region, but took part in the fights against the Druzes factions alongside the Bedouins, according to the syria: 19 druzes civilians executed OSDH, Druze witnesses and groups.

According to the OSDH. the clashes left 116 dead, including 64 Druze, for most fighters but also two women and two children, 18 Bedouins and 34 members of the security forces. Syrian authorities announced on Tuesday morning a “total ceasefire”, but the situation seemed confused.

Druzes religious leaders have launched contradictory calls. most of them asking local fighters to lay down their arms but one of them asking them to fight. This community is also located in Lebanon and Israel.

After the fall of Bashar al-Assad. the deadly violence against the Alawite community, from which the fallen president came, then against the Druzes, as well as an attack against a church in Damascus in June, shaken confidence in the ability of the new power to protect minorities.

(AFP) Note: This article was published with the help of artificial intelligence.