The Syrian army began this Druse city in Soueida, said on Wednesday, July 16, July 16, said the Ministry of Defense, after the announcement of a high fire to end the violence of mortal intercom that left more than 300 people.
“Army forces began to withdraw from the city of Souida in the application of the terms of the agreement concluded after the end of radical operations against the foreign groups,” said the ministry in a statement. It does not mention the withdrawal of other Syrian forces deployed in the city.
Israeli bombings in Damascus
This Tuesday, a first high fire proclaimed on Tuesday had remained without effect. Violence has killed more than 300 people since Sunday, according to an NGO. According to the OSDH, 69 Druzes cigarettes and 40 civilians of Druzes were killed, “27 of them summarily executed” by members of the government forces.
In addition, 165 members of the government forces and 18 Beduine combatants, as well as 10 members of the government security forces were killed in Israeli strikes, said the NGO.
The Druzes areas were controlled so far by fighters of this minority, which had declared lists, after taking power in Damascus by an Islamist coalition that overthrew President Bashar al-Assad in December, to integrate security forces.
To defend the Druse community, Israel has bombarded the headquarters of the Syrian army in Damascus, after threatening to intensify their attacks against government forces if they did not abandon the region with a Druse majority in Soueida, after three days of violence that left more than 300 people.
France and the European Union called, on Wednesday, the “immediate clashes” and “invites all actors to do to guarantee the safety of civilians.
Source: BFM TV
