{"id":2464483,"date":"2025-07-21T00:29:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T04:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/syrias-armed-bedouins-say-they-have-withdrawn-from-druze-majority-city-after-weeklong-fighting-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T00:32:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T04:32:18","slug":"syrias-armed-bedouins-say-they-have-withdrawn-from-druze-majority-city-after-weeklong-fighting-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/syrias-armed-bedouins-say-they-have-withdrawn-from-druze-majority-city-after-weeklong-fighting-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria\u2019s armed Bedouins say they have withdrawn from Druze-majority city after weeklong fighting &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsyrias-armed-bedouins-say-they-have-withdrawn-from-druze-majority-city-after-weeklong-fighting-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2464483&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The armed Bedouin clans in Syria have announced their withdrawal from the Druze-majority city of Sweida after a week of intense fighting, following a U.S.-brokered ceasefire. The clashes, which involved Druze militias adn Sunni Bedouin clans, resulted in hundreds of deaths and threatened Syria&#8217;s fragile postwar stability. Israeli airstrikes targeted government forces aligned with the Bedouins in the region.<\/p>\n<p>the conflict began with a series of tit-for-tat kidnappings and escalated into sectarian attacks against the Druze community, which in <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >turn sparked revenge attacks<\/a> on the Bedouins. Interim President ahmad al Sharaa urged the Bedouins to respect the ceasefire and leave the city, emphasizing the role of the state in restoring order. Despite the withdrawal, some armed Bedouin fighters remain near the city, demanding certain conditions before fully leaving.<\/p>\n<p>Humanitarian aid, including food, medicine, and fuel, has started to reach the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/germany-releases-720-million-in-compensation-to-global-holocaust-survivors\/\" title=\"Germany Releases 0 Million in Compensation to Global Holocaust Survivors\">war-torn area<\/a>, although tensions persist. The U.N.reports over 128,000 displaced people due to the fighting. Washington&#8217;s special envoy to Syria called for an immediate end to hostilities and urged all factions to seek peace and dialog.<\/p>\n<p>The Druze minority, which has a significant population in Syria, Lebanon, and Israel, has traditionally supported the fall of the Assad regime but now faces growing skepticism about the new leadership in Damascus due to recent violence and sectarian strife.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Syria&rsquo;s armed Bedouins say they have withdrawn from Druze-majority city after weeklong fighting<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2176946\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>MAZRAA, Syria (AP) &mdash;<\/strong>&nbsp;Syria&rsquo;s armed Bedouin clans&nbsp;announced Sunday they had withdrawn from the Druze-majority city of&nbsp;Sweida&nbsp;following weeklong clashes and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3476315\/israel-syria-agree-ceasefire-us-envoy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"U.S.-brokered ceasefire\">U.S.-brokered ceasefire<\/a>, as humanitarian aid convoys started to enter the battered southern city.<\/p>\n<p>The clashes&nbsp;between militias of the Druze religious minority and the Sunni Muslim clans killed hundreds and threatened to unravel <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/syria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Syria<\/a>&lsquo;s already fragile postwar transition.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Israel<\/a> also launched&nbsp;dozens of airstrikes in the Druze-majority Sweida province, targeting government forces who had effectively sided with the Bedouins.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3476611\/ukraine-proposes-new-peace-talks-russia\/\">Ukraine proposes new peace talks to Russia as Trump deadline looms<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3475704\/friedrich-merz-admits-europeans-free-riders-defense-national-security\/\">Germany admits Europeans were &#8216;free riders&#8217; on defense and national security<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3475557\/north-korea-beach-resort-bans-foreigners\/\">North Korea bans foreigners from beach resort after first round of Russian tourists<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The clashes also led to a series of targeted sectarian attacks against the Druze community, followed by revenge attacks against the Bedouins.<\/p>\n<p>A series of tit-for-tat kidnappings sparked the clashes in various towns and villages in the province, which later spread to Sweida city, the provincial capital. Government forces were redeployed to halt renewed fighting that erupted Thursday, before withdrawing again.<\/p>\n<p>Interim President Ahmad al Sharaa, who has been perceived as more sympathetic to the Bedouins, had tried to appeal to the Druze community while remaining critical of the militias. He later urged the Bedouins to leave the city, saying that they &ldquo;cannot replace the role of the state in handling the country&rsquo;s affairs and restoring security.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We thank the Bedouins for their heroic stances but demand they fully commit to the ceasefire and comply with the state&rsquo;s orders,&rdquo; he said in an address broadcast Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of armed Bedouin fighters alongside other clans from around the country who came to support them remained on the outskirts of the city and were cordoned off by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-cuban-authorities-arrest-popular-youtube-reporter-during-live-interview\/\" title=\"WATCH: Cuban Authorities Arrest Popular YouTube Reporter During Live Interview\">government security forces<\/a> and military police. They blame the clashes on the Druze factions loyal to spiritual leader Sheikh Hikmat al Hijri and accuse them of harming Bedouin families.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We will not leave until he turns himself in alongside those with him who tried to stir sedition. And only then will we go home.&rdquo; Khaled al Mohammad, who came to the southern province alongside other tribesman from the eastern Deir al Zour province, told the <em>Associated Press<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aid convoys enter Sweida but tensions persist<\/h2>\n<p>The Bedouins&rsquo; withdrawal brought a cautious calm to the area, with humanitarian convoys on their way. The Syrian Red Crescent said Sunday it sent 32 trucks loaded with food, medicine, water, fuel, and other aid, after the fighting left the province with power cuts and shortages.<\/p>\n<p>Syria&rsquo;s state news agency SANA reported that the convoy entered Sweida on Sunday, but accused Hijri and his armed Druze supporters of turning back a government delegation that accompanied another convoy.<\/p>\n<p>The Foreign Ministry in a statement said the convoy accompanying the delegation had two ambulances loaded with aid provided by local and international organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Hijri did not directly respond to the accusations but said in a statement that he welcomes any assistance for Sweida and slammed what he claims were distorted campaigns against him.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We reaffirm that we have no dispute with anyone on any religious or ethnic basis,&rdquo; the statement said. &ldquo;Shame and disgrace be upon all those who seek to sow discord and hatred in the minds of young people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The U.N. International Organization for Migration said 128,571 people were displaced during the clashes, including 43,000 on Saturday alone.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">US envoy appeals for an end to fighting<\/h2>\n<p>Washington&rsquo;s special envoy to Syria, Tom Barrack, said the clashes and atrocities &ldquo;overshadowed&rdquo; an initial cautious optimism about the country&rsquo;s postwar transition and the international community&rsquo;s lifting of sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;All factions must immediately lay down their arms, cease hostilities and abandon cycles of tribal vengeance,&rdquo; Barrack <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/USAMBTurkiye\/status\/1946787448417296589\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"posted\">posted<\/a> on X. &ldquo;Syria stands at a critical juncture &mdash; peace and dialogue must prevail &mdash; and prevail now.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Among those killed in the weeklong fighting were dozens of Druze civilians slain in a series of targeted attacks in the city at the hands of Bedouin fighters and government forces. Videos surfaced online of fighters destroying portraits of Druze religious officials and notables in homes, and shaving the mustaches of elderly Druze, seen as an insult to culture and tradition. Druze militias in return attacked Bedouin-majority areas in the outskirts of the province, forcing families to flee to neighboring Daraa province.<\/p>\n<p>More than half of the roughly 1 million Druze worldwide live in Syria. Most of the other Druze live in Lebanon and Israel, including in the Golan Heights, which Israel captured from Syria in the 1967 Mideast War and annexed in 1981.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3476315\/israel-syria-agree-ceasefire-us-envoy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"ISRAEL AND SYRIA AGREE TO CEASEFIRE AFTER DAYS OF IDF AIRSTRIKES, US ENVOY SAYS\">ISRAEL AND SYRIA AGREE TO CEASEFIRE AFTER DAYS OF IDF AIRSTRIKES, US ENVOY SAYS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Syria&rsquo;s Druze largely celebrated the downfall of the Assad family that ended decades of tyrannical rule. While they had concerns about Sharaa&rsquo;s de facto Islamist rule, a large number wanted to approach matters diplomatically. Hijri and his supporters, though, have taken a more confrontational approach with Sharaa, contrary to most other influential Druze figures. Critics also note Hijri&rsquo;s previous allegiance to Assad.<\/p>\n<p>However, the recent clashes and sectarian attacks on the minority community have made a growing number of Druze in the area more skeptical about Damascus&rsquo;s new leadership and more doubtful of peaceful coexistence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2176946\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2176946\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Syria&#8217;s armed Bedouins withdraw from Druze city after fighting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2464484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/syria-bedouins-withdraw-druze-city.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[54342,59536,59271,7887,8050],"class_list":["post-2464483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-armed-conflict","tag-bedouins","tag-druze","tag-syria","tag-withdrawal"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/syria-bedouins-withdraw-druze-city.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2464483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2464483"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2464483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2464487,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2464483\/revisions\/2464487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2464484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2464483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2464483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2464483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}