WALGHA, SYRIA: Armed tribal fighters backed by Syria’s Islamist-led interim government clashed with Druze forces on Friday (Jul 18) in the southern province of Sweida, a day after the army withdrew under Israeli bombardment and US-led diplomatic pressure. The renewed violence raised fresh doubts over interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa’s control, as he struggles to manage rising unrest among Syria’s religious and ethnic minorities, including Kurds in the northeast and Alawites along the

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