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Syrian Forces Withdrawing from Druze City of Sweida after Israeli Strikes and U.S. Demands to Pull Out
(The National-UAE) Khaled Yacoub Oweis - Government forces and allied militias began withdrawing from the mostly Druze city of Sweida in southern Syria on Thursday. Photos of pickup trucks carrying machine guns and troops purportedly leaving were published. However, the Suwayda 24 network said that some pro-government troops remained in southern districts of Sweida, carrying out looting. The main hospital in the city remains captured by the army, with bodies, mostly of members of the Druze community, scattered in the hallways after the morgue became full. Among the deceased were 10 men from the Radwan family, executed by security forces. Sources in Jordan say government forces and allied militias have killed more than 200 Druze, including civilians, since Sunday.