The United Nations is trying to help move displaced Syrians sheltering in schools in a southwestern province that was engulfed in sectarian clashes this summer to alternative housing ahead of the start of the new schoolyear, a U.N. official said Friday.
The clashes in Sweida province involved Sunni Muslim Bedouin clans and Druze sect members. Hundreds of civilians, mostly Druze, were killed, and over 187,000 people remain displaced, with the government in the Syrian capital of Damascus and local Druze authorities in Sweida now at a standoff.
The displaced face an uncertain future, with no clear government plan for their return. Officials have insisted the displacement is temporary but have not offered any alternative plans for the displaced.
