‘Tense calm’ reported in Sweida after withdrawal of Bedouin fighters
The Reuters information company has spoken to residents who say there’s a “tense calm” in Sweida after the Islamist-led authorities declared that Bedouin fighters had withdrawn from the predominantly Druze metropolis.
Kenan Azzam, a dentist, informed Reuters residents have been nonetheless, nevertheless, combating an absence of water and electrical energy.
“The hospitals are a catastrophe and out of service, and there are nonetheless so many useless and wounded,” he stated by telephone.
Syrian authorities troops are amassed at a safety checkpoint exterior of Swedia metropolis, stopping factional fighters from coming into.
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