PM says strikes in line with demilitarization policy, pledge to protect Druze; Damascus says truce reached with factions controlling Sweida, where sectarian violence has killed scores

Washington and Jerusalem have kept a watchful eye on Damascus ever since the overthrow of the Bashar al-Assad regime by Sunni Muslim rebels in December. Of greatest concern has been the level of solidarity the new Syrian government maintains with ISIS — the terrorist organization that Syrian interim president

At least 135 people have been killed at the Druze-majority city of As-Sweida since Sunday and many others humiliated by the assailants. The

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To all units operating within the city of Suweida, we declare a complete ceasefire after an agreement was reached with the city's notables and dignitaries'

Earlier on Monday, more than 30 people were killed and 100 injured in armed clashes in Syria's predominantly Druze city of Sweida.

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