Syria Denies Troop Deployment in Sweida Amid Druze-Bedouin Clashes

A truce, mediated by the United States, Turkey, and Arab countries, had temporarily halted several days of violent clashes in southern Syria.
Syria Denies Troop Deployment in Sweida Amid Druze-Bedouin Clashes
An armed man passes a burning vehicle near the site of clashes between Druze and Bedouin factions, near Sweida, Syria, on July 14, 2025. Stringer/Getty Images
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The Syrian interior ministry on Friday denied reports that its troops have been deployed in Sweida province after renewed clashes between Druze fighters and Bedouin tribes threatened to unravel a fragile truce brokered earlier this week.

Ministry spokesperson Nour Al-Din Al-Baba said that no official statement has been issued regarding any such deployment, Syria’s state-run SANA news agency reported.

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