Armed tribes supported by Syria's Islamist-led government clashed with Druze fighters outside Sweida Friday a day after government troops withdrew from the Druze-majority city, the warring parties and a monitoring group said.

Bedouin and Druze factions have a longstanding feud in Sweida, and violence occasionally erupts between the two sides. DAMASCUS: Syrian government forces entered the majority Druze city of Sweida today, the interior ministry said, aiming to end clashes with Bedouin tribes that have killed nearly 100 people.