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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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William Christou in Beirut

Israeli airstrike hits Sweida city in Syria as Bedouin tribes clash with Druze

Plume of smoke in open country with tents to the fore
Smoke rises from fires in areas controlled by Druze factions in the Sweida countryside on Thursday. Photograph: Ahmad Fallaha/EPA

The Israeli military has carried out an airstrike on the outskirts of Sweida city as clashes between Bedouin tribes and Druze fighters intensified on Thursday night.

The clashes started a wave of tit-for-tat retaliatory violence earlier on in the day after Syrian government forces withdrew from Sweida.

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