(Reuters) -Armed teams attacked personnel from Syria’s inside safety forces in Sweida, killing one member and wounding others, and fired shells at a number of villages within the violence-hit southern province, state-run Ekhbariya TV reported on Sunday.
The report cited a safety supply as saying the armed teams had violated the ceasefire agreed within the predominantly Druze area, the place factional bloodshed killed a whole lot of individuals final month.
Violence in Sweida erupted on July 13 between tribal fighters and Druze factions. Authorities forces had been despatched to quell the combating, however the bloodshed worsened, and Israel carried out strikes on Syrian troops within the identify of the Druze.
The Druze are a minority offshoot of Islam with followers in Syria, Lebanon and Israel. Sweida province is predominantly Druze however can also be residence to Sunni tribes, and the communities have had long-standing tensions over land and different sources.
A U.S.-brokered truce ended the combating, which had raged in Sweida metropolis and surrounding cities for almost per week. Syria mentioned it could examine the clashes, establishing a committee to research the assaults.
The Sweida bloodshed final month was a significant check for interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa, after a wave of sectarian violence in March that killed a whole lot of Alawite residents within the coastal area.
(Reporting by Menna Alaa El-Din and Jaidaa Taha; Writing by Menna Alaa El-Din; Modifying by Toby Chopra and Helen Popper)