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Syria conflict: 'Cautious calm' returns to Sweida; Druze-Bedouin fighting killed over 1,100

A fragile calm has settled over Sweida, Southern Syria, after a week of intense sectarian violence that claimed over 1,100 lives. A ceasefire, brokered after multiple failed attempts, is holding between Druze factions and Sunni Bedouin rivals. Government forces have secured parts of the province, and humanitarian aid has begun to arrive.