Syrian state media on Sunday said the government had coordinated with officials in Sweida to bring buses to evacuate some 1,500 Bedouins. The province's internal security chief under the Interior Ministry, Ahmad al-Dalati, told the state-run news agency that the initiative also would allow civilians displaced from Sweida to return.

BEDOUIN families began evacuating the Syrian city of Sweida today following government orders, as a fragile ceasefire took hold after a week of deadly fighting. Clashes between militias from the Druze religious minority and Sunni Muslim clans have killed hundreds and displaced more than 128,000 people, according to the UN.