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The Bedouin families leaveSweida with the complete withdrawal of tribal fighters
Years of intense clashes that began in the province on July 13th have resulted in numerous casualties among civilians and fighters.
Since the escalation began in Sweida, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has documented the martyrdom of 1,120 people, including 194 executed extrajudicially.
As part of implementing the agreement, Bedouin tribal families wishing to leave Sweida have begun departing to the neighboring province of Daraa.
Meanwhile, cautious calm prevails in Sweida amid fears of violations of the agreement’s terms.
This is the first displacement incident sponsored by the new Syrian government against Bedouin tribes, reminiscent of previous agreements involving the displacement of Syrians from various areas during the war.
The agreement includes the exit of all tribal members coming from different Syrian provinces who settled in Sweida, with the withdrawal of all security forces and the Ministry of Defense beyond the administrative borders of Sweida, and banning any future military convoys from entering under any pretext.
It also stipulates the delivery of food, medical, and health aid to Sweida, the formation of a fact-finding committee on violations during the recent escalation, and reaching understandings to open international crossings with Sweida.
Other sensitive issues are also expected to be included in the agreement later, such as the exchange of hostages taken during the clashes.
Sources from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported shortly ago that buses carrying dozens of Bedouin families, who had been detained in Sweida, arrived in Daraa under the supervision of Druze fighters, where they were handed over to internal security forces operating in northern Sweida countryside and at the Damascus-Sweida and Daraa-Sweida highways.
This came as part of an agreement to release hostages from the Druze community in exchange for the withdrawal of tribal fighters.
