Armed Bedouin clans in Syria have withdrawn from the southern city of Sweida after over a week of deadly clashes.

As violence broke out last week between two ethnic groups in southern Syria, both the Israeli and Syrian governments intervened.

An American citizen from Oklahoma was killed along with six male relatives during the sectarian violence that erupted last week in Syria

Dozens of people lined up to donate their blood as soon as the donation center opened and 40 samples were collected in just two hours. Magen David Adom began a blood drive on Sunday in the Druze-majority village of Isfiya to support Syrian Druze wounded by militia groups and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) regime forces in recent clashes,

Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa's government responded by deploying forces to the city. Druze residents of Suweida told the BBC they had witnessed "barbaric acts" as gunmen - government forces and foreign fighters - attacked people. Israel targeted these forces, saying they were acting to protect the Druze.

An American citizen from Oklahoma was among eight men, all family members, rounded up and killed during the sectarian violence that flared in Syria last week.

Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa has urged Sunni Bedouin tribes to honor a ceasefire aimed at ending deadly clashes with Druze-linked militias Sweida

Tens of thousands of people remained displaced by the violence and the United Nations has been unable to bring in much-needed humanitarian and medical aid because of ongoing clashes.