Middle East: activists: 360 deaths in violence in Syria

After day -long violence in southern Syria, government troops have started with the deduction from the location of Drusen, Suwaida inhabited by Drusen. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also stated at night that the number of fatalities for day -long violence had increased to 360. The number cannot be checked independently. The information from the observation center based in Great Britain, which pursues the conflict in Syria with a network of activists, are generally reliable.

According to the media, the government in Damascus announced that according to a new ceasefire agreement, all military operations immediately stop. A committee of government officials and Drusian clergymen should monitor the implementation of the agreement. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio had previously announced that the United States had spoken to everyone involved. One had agreed on “concrete steps that should put an end to this disturbing and horrific situation” later on Wednesday evening.

Israel – a close ally of the United States – had bombed several destinations in Damascus on Wednesday, including on the grounds of the Ministry of Defense. After the outbreak of violence between Drusen and Sunni Bedouins in the province of Suwaida, the Syrian government had sent troops and other security forces. According to its own information, Israel then intervened to protect the Drusian minority. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, 15 members of the Department of Defense and Interior were killed in Israel’s air strikes.