Syrian authorities evacuate Bedouin families from Sweida city | AFP

Syrian authorities evacuate Bedouin families from the Druze majority city of Sweida in the south after a ceasefire halted bloody clashes between the communities. The evacuees were headed for reception centres in neighbouring Daraa province and to the capital Damascus, in coordination with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent. The violence has left more than 1,100 dead, most of them Druze fighters and civilians, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, whose toll also includes hundreds of government security personnel.