Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa's government responded by deploying forces to the city. Druze residents of Suweida told the BBC they had witnessed "barbaric acts" as gunmen - government forces and foreign fighters - attacked people. Israel targeted these forces, saying they were acting to protect the Druze.

The Syrian government on Monday began evacuating Bedouin families from the Druze-majority southern Syrian city of Sweida as the latest ceasefire, agreed over the weekend, appeared to halt clashes

Armed Bedouin clans have withdrawn from the Druze-majority Syrian city of Sweida after a week of deadly clashes.