Syria, Israel and Sweida
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The clashes between militias of the Druze religious minority and the Sunni Muslim clans killed hundreds and threatened to unravel Syria’s already fragile postwar transition.
Public broadcaster reports that Israel coordinated delivery to the Druze-majority province with the US; monitor says death toll in sectarian clashes has surpassed 1,100
Iran, European countries to hold nuclear talks - Iranian FM spokesperson Iran, Britain, France and Germany are expected hold nuclear talks in Istanbul on Friday, according to a Foreign Ministry spokesperson.
It seems that there is now concern in Washington that Damascus is not able to hold things together. Israel has played a complex role in this.
The Israeli army continued to build a concrete wall on Friday to enforce the fence area separating the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria.
Israel's Health Ministry is preparing the transfer of medical equipment and medications to Sweida's hospital following the recent violent Syrian Druze-Bedouin clashes that have left hundreds dead. Israel’s Health Ministry is preparing the transfer of medical equipment,
Syria’s armed Bedouin clans announced Sunday they had withdrawn from the Druze-majority city of Sweida following weeklong clashes and a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, as humanitarian aid convoys started to enter the battered southern city.