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Syria’s army has begun withdrawing from the violence-hit Druze-majority city of Sweida following deadly clashes that left over 300 people dead. The move comes after Israeli airstrikes on Damascus and Sweida,
DAMASCUS — Clashes between Syrian government troops and local Druze fighters resumed in the southern Druze city of Sweida early on Wednesday, wrecking a ceasefire announced just hours earlier that aimed to put an end to days of deadly sectarian bloodshed.