Syria Conflict: ‘Vigilant quiet’ returns to Sweda; More than 1,100 killed from Druze-Bedouin

The Sweda province of southern Syria saw a delicate calm on Sunday after a week of intensive communal violence claiming the lives of more than 1,100 people. After a ceasefire, silence came, announced on Saturday, started holding, successful, where earlier efforts had failed. The fight increased rapidly in a comprehensive struggle that included the Syrian government from across the country, Israeli military strikes and armed tribal groups, between the fighting, drew groups and the Sunni Bedouin rivals. The AFP said that the government forces have gone to secure some parts of the province, and there was no fresh clash on Sunday morning. According to Red Crescent Officer Omar al-Malaki, in the indication of reducing stress, a humanitarian aid convoy managed to enter the city for the first time. He said that the operation was coordinated with government agencies and local drains officials.However, the Syrian government claimed that a separate convoy sent by drozers at the entrance of the city was blocked. The UK -based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that “Sweda has been feeling a vigilant quiet since midnight”, security forces sealed the roads leading to the province in an attempt to keep additional tribal fighters out. Late on Sunday night, Observatory released an updated death toll, stating that 1,120 people have been killed since the violence a week ago. The dead include 427 druz fighters, 298 drains citizens, 354 government personnel and 21 Sunni Bedouin. Local witnesses and drew groups have accused government forces of siding with evidence and when they enter the first city in the week, the summary performs execution. 39 -year -old doctor Hanadi Obid told AFP, “The city has not seen so calm in a week.” A drug working inside the Sweda confirmed the relative peace and said, “We are not listening to clashes.” The Syrian Interior Ministry announced that all tribal fighters had left the Saweda City throughout the night and the intra-city clash had come to a stop. The observatory said that the drains groups had acquired the city control by Saturday evening. Saturday’s ceasefire was announced by interim president Ahmed al-Shra, who also revived his commitment to protect the religious and ethnic minorities of Syria. This latest round of bloodshed follows the exclusion of former President Bashar al-Assad by Islamist forces last December. A spokesperson of Syrian tribal and clan council told Al Jazeera that the fighters had agreed to withdraw from the city in accordance with the Presidential ceasefire conditions. The population of about 150,000 Sweda has been limited to their homes in the last one week without electricity, clean water or food. The United Nations Migration Agency estimates that more than 128,000 people across the province have been displaced by violence. American Special Envoy, Tom Barrack, to Syria, stated that the country had reached a “a significant turn” and urged all groups to end the fight. “Peace and dialogue must be strong – and now strong,” he posted on X.He said, “All groups should immediately laying their arms, stop enmity, and leave the cycles of tribal vengeance,” he said, “he said,” said, “weakening the corresponding acts of the government by warning groups on the ground and disrupting any equality of the order”. A few hours after the US announced the ceasefire came, it signed a deal between the Syrian government and Israel, which was after the Israel’s air attack on Damascus and Saweda in the first week. Israel, who has a drew population of its own, said that the purpose of action was to protect the community and emphasize for complete demarcation of southern Syria.