The presidency in Syria announced today (19.07.2025) immediate ceasefire In the Sueida province, in the south of the country where security forces began to develop after the inter -community conflicts in which more than 700 people died in about a week.
In a statement, the Syrian presidency calls on “all sides to fully respect” the ceasefire and to stop violence.
Syrian security forces began to develop today in this province where the majority of residents are Drouz, following the US announcement of an agreement between Syria and Israel, which has so far opposed the presence of Syrian government forces in the region.
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Conflicts in southern Syria have claimed life from Sunday to 718 people, according to a new report released today by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
As this non -governmental organization clarified, there are 391 Druzians among the dead, including 146 fighters and 245 civilians, including 165 “executed by summary procedures by members (of the forces) subject to the Ministries of Defense and Internal Affairs”.
Among the dead are 287 members of Syria’s government forces and 21 Sunni Bedouin fighters, with the exception of three civilians who were “executed by brief procedures by Druze fighters”, according to this NGOs based in Britain.
In addition, 15 members of the government forces were killed in Israeli blows, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The Syrian government and Israel agreed yesterday, Friday, on a ceasefire under the auspices of the US, but there are still clashes between armed groups of local tribes and Druzo at the entrance of the city of Sueida, southern Syria, where violence has also caused a week.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Syrian transitional president Ahmad al -Sara “have accepted a ceasefire”, said Tom Barak, the US ambassador to Turkey and a US Special Envoy for Syria, two days after Syria.
“We call on the Droussians, the Bedouins and the Sunnis to deposit their weapons and together with the other minorities to build a new and united Syrian identity,” Barack said in a post on the X platform.
The Syrian presidency also confirmed yesterday that it is working to send a “special force” to the Sueida area, in which the majority of residents are Druzo, from which it had withdrawn its soldiers the previous day under Israel’s pressures.