Source: International Business Times
Smoke rises over the Syrian city of Sweida as AFP correspondents report gunfire and explosions in several neighbourhoods despite a ceasefire ordered by the Islamist-led government. AFP Syrian interior ministry forces began deploying in Sweida on Saturday under a US-brokered deal intended to avert further Israeli military intervention in the Druze-majority province. Israel had bombed defence ministry forces in both Sweida and Damascus earlier this week to force their withdrawal after they were accused of summary executions and other abuses against Druze civilians during their brief deployment in the southern province.
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