Syrian sources confirmed that 21 people, including a child, were killed and at least 40 others were injured in clashes between armed Bedouin fighters and military factions from the Druze community in al-Maqous, Sweida, according to a war monitor on Sunday.
Local sources reported that tensions remain high in the al-Maqous neighborhood, where clashes involving medium weapons and mutual shelling are still ongoing, while the fighting has also blocked roads between Sweida and both Qanawat and Atil, cutting off key transit routes in the area.
Local sources also confirmed that armed groups launched an attack on the village of al-Sura al-Kabira, located at the northern entrance of the Sweida governorate, advancing from three different directions.
Later, as the clashes expanded, local Syrian sources revealed that armed men launched attacks with various types of weapons on several villages in the western Sweida countryside, including al-Tira, Lubban, and Jarin.
The sources also revealed that several houses in the village of al-Tira were set on fire.
AL MAYADEEN, 13.7.2025
