Syria sees 'cautious calm' in Suweida after deadly clashes

More than 1,000 people have been killed since sectarian fighting broke out a week ago, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said.

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Residents reported that fighting stopped on Sunday as Syria's Islamist-led government declared the Bedouins had withdrawn from the predominantly Druze city "after days of bloody battles and chaos", the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said.

It followed a ceasefire announced by Syria's president on Saturday, which did not quell fighting straight away.

More than 1,000 people have been killed in the clashes and there is now a severe shortage of medical supplies in the city, the SOHR added.

At least 128,000 people have been displaced by the violence, the United Nations migration agency said on Sunday.