The Syrian government says clashes in the southern city of Suwayda have stopped after a week of violence left hundreds of people dead, drawing Israeli intervention and US condemnation.

US Special Envoy to Syria Thomas Barrack announced the internationally brokered ceasefire agreement, which included direct participation from al-Sharaa and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The deal was supported by the United States and endorsed by Turkey, Jordan, and neighboring countries.

Suwayda, the Druze community is facing what its members have described as an "ethnic cleansing campaign" amidst a rapidly deteriorating security situation that has claimed the lives of hundreds over the past week.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio took to X on Sunday, calling upon the Syrian government to end the fighting in Suwayda. "If authorities in Damascus want to preserve any chance of achieving a unified, inclusive and peaceful Syria free of ISIS and of Iranian control they must help end this calamity."

The Damascus authorities must immediately reel in “violent jihadists,” hold them accountable, and prevent their entry to the southern Druze-majority Suwayda province, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday,

SYRIA: SYRIA’s government has announced that Bedouin fighters have been cleared from the city of Suwayda and that government forces have been deployed to oversee their exit from the entire governorate.

Syrian presidency announced comprehensive, immediate ceasefire in Suwayda following days of unrest in southern province - Anadolu Ajansı

AS-SUWAYDA] The southern Syrian province of As-Suwayda has once again surged to the forefront of the national crisis, this time with reports of field massacres and tribal clashes between Druze and Bedouins.

Israeli intervention ‘reignited tensions’, with fighting ‘a dangerous turning point’, President al-Sharaa said.

Security units have already started their deployment in and around southern province to enforce terms of ceasefire, according to Syrian state-run news agency SANA - Anadolu Ajansı

Suwayda’s blood spilled by the will of the authority Since the morning of Sunday, July 13, As-Suwayda province has become an arena of bloody conflict between the province’s defenders and attacking Bedouin tribes backed by factions under the command of the Ministries of Defense and Interior.