Armed Bedouin clans in Syria have withdrawn from the southern city of Sweida after over a week of deadly clashes. A U.S.

Armed Bedouin tribesmen near Syria's Sweida pledged to carry on fighting. Sectarian clashes escalated in country's predominantly Druze region of Sweida. Fire and shelling ringing out after days of bloodshed as Islamist-led govt struggled to implement ceasefire.

Syrian government forces had largely pulled out of the Druze-majority southern province of Sweida after days of clashes with militias linked to the Druze religious minority that threatened to unravel the country’s fragile post-war transition.