Syria’s armed Bedouins say they have withdrawn from Druze-majority city

Week-long fighting also led to a series of targeted sectarian attacks against the Druze community, followed by revenge attacks against the Bedouins (Omar Sanadiki/AP)

Syria’s armed Bedouin clans announced on Sunday that they had withdrawn from the Druze-majority city of Sweida after week-long clashes and a US-brokered ceasefire.

The clashes between militias of the Druze religious minority and the Sunni Muslim clans killed hundreds and threatened to unravel Syria’s already fragile post-war transition.