On Wednesday, state media declared the army’s withdrawal marked the end of operations against “outlaw groups.” A ten‑point cease‑fire agreement was read on national television by Sheikh Youssef Jarboua, one of Syria’s top Druze clerics.

The Syrian Druze community has three prominent religious leaders, as well as a number of armed groups that continue to operate in the area after the civil war.

The fighting is over thanks largely to the intervention of US Secretary of State Rubio. The interim Syrian president has

Israel has struck the headquarters of the Syrian Ministry of Defence and close to the presidential palace in the capital Damascus, dramatically escalating on another military front in the region, and following through on its threats to intervene over clashes between government troops and Druze fighters in the southern Syrian city of Suwayda.

AS-SUWAYDA] The southern Syrian province of As-Suwayda has once again surged to the forefront of the national crisis, this time with reports of field massacres and tribal clashes between Druze and Bedouins.

The recent bloodshed in southern Syria is testing the Trump administration’s policy toward the war-torn country and complicating hopes for its potential normalization with Israel.

Syria, on Wednesday, strongly condemned Israeli attacks, denouncing the strikes as a “dangerous escalation .” The Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused Israel of pursuing a “deliberate policy” to “inflame tensions, spread chaos and undermine security and stability in Syria”.

The Druze of Syria—numbering under one million—have historically maintained a delicate balance between cooperation and quiet resistance to the Assad regime. Suwayda has been one of the few regions to avoid full-scale regime control during the civil war. However, recent economic protests and growing demands for autonomy have made it a flashpoint.

Suwayda’s blood spilled by the will of the authority Since the morning of Sunday, July 13, As-Suwayda province has become an arena of bloody conflict between the province’s defenders and attacking Bedouin tribes backed by factions under the command of the Ministries of Defense and Interior.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the Damascus headquarters served as a command center for deploying regime forces to Suwayda, a southern Syrian region gripped by days of deadly clashes between government troops, Druze militias, and Bedouin groups.

Desiree Gomez, her husband Mohamad Shokair, and their 18-month-old daughter traveled to As Suwayda, Syria to visit family. Roads leading out of the city have reportedly been blocked by militia as conflict between Israel and Syria escalates.