Syria Confirms Bedouin Families Being Evacuated From Sweida After Week of Clashes

The clashes displaced more than 128,000 people, including 43,000 in a single day, according to the U.N.’s migration agency.

Syrian Bedouin families gesture as they ride in a convoy led by Red Crescent vehicles in Busra al-Harir, heading to Daraa after being evacuated from Sweida, following more than a week of violent clashes, on July 21, 2025. AP Photo/Malek Khattab

The Syrian interior ministry on July 21 confirmed the start of the evacuation of Bedouin families from the city of Sweida, following week-long clashes between Druze fighters and Bedouin tribes.

Gen. Ahmad al-Dalati, commander of the Interior Security Forces in Syria’s southern province, said the government would facilitate the departure of those wishing to leave Sweida, Syria’s state-run SANA news agency reported.