Late on Saturday, the interior ministry said clashes in Sweida city had been halted and the area cleared of Bedouin tribal fighters following the deployment.

Violence between government forces and armed factions of a religious minority in southern Syria has deepened divisions in a country still recuperating from a civil war.

Warning: This article contains details that some people may find disturbing.We found the streets of Sweida city strewn with mutilated, burned and decomposing bodies as government security forces ...