Ceasefire Holds as Bedouin Fighters Exit Syria’s Sweida
After a brokered ceasefire by the U.S., Türkiye and others, Bedouin tribal fighters withdraw from Sweida, halting clashes that claimed nearly 1,000 lives.
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