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Syria Evacuates Bedouin From Druze-majority Sweida As Ceasefire Holds

Syrian state media says 1,500 Bedouin are to be evacuated from the violence-hit province of Sweida (Credit: AFP)

Syrian authorities on Monday evacuated Bedouin families from the Druze-majority city of Sweida, after a ceasefire in the southern province halted a week of sectarian bloodshed that a monitor said killed more than 1,100 people.

An AFP correspondent outside the devastated provincial capital saw a convoy of buses and other vehicles enter Sweida and then exit again carrying civilians, including women and children.

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