Beirut – SyriaJordan and the United States agreed on Tuesday to reach a roadmap on the southern Syria region, which had a deadly sectarian conflict in July that included guarding the main roads and prosecuting plans to incite violence.
The days of fighting between members of the Druze minority in the country and members of the local Bedouin tribe in the Svida area killed hundreds of people. Distrust remains, and some Druzes have been asking for self-decision.
Syria’s Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani told reporters at a press conference in Damascus that the agreement between the three countries includes prosecution of those involved in inciting deadly conflict.
It also includes allowing aid to enter Sweida, resume services, deploying security forces on major roads in tight areas, and working to uncover the fate of missing persons and start an internal reconciliation process, he said.
He also said the government is developing a plan to return people who are displaced in violence, with a number of more than 160,000. These include Druze, who fled from the province or fled inside Sweida and Bedouins, and now rarely see the prospect of going back.
He did not provide detailed information on how to implement these steps.
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi Syria Related to Jordan’s security.
Jordan borders Sweida Province and spent years fighting the northern neighbors smuggling drugs and weapons.
On July 13, a conflict broke out between the Druze militia and the local Sunni Muslim Bedouin tribe in Svida. Then, the government forces nominally intervened to restore order, but eventually fought against the Druze’s order with the Bedouin. Atrocities were committed during times of conflict.
Israel intervened in Druze, launching dozens of air strikes on convoys of government combatants and even striking the Syrian Ministry of Defense headquarters in central Damascus.
The Druze religious sect began with the branch of Ismailism in the 10th century, which was a branch of Shiite Islam. More than half of the 1 million druzes live in Syria. Most other druzes live in Lebanon and Israel, including the Golan Heights occupied by Israel from Israel Syria During the Middle East War in 1967, and annexed in 1981.
