The violence in the Druze-majority city was some of the most brutal in Syria since Bashar al-Assad was toppled in December.

The Syrian defence ministry said on Tuesday it was aware of reports of "shocking violations" by people wearing military fatigues in the country's predominantly Druze city of Sweida, and said it would launch an investigation.

Dozens of people lined up to donate their blood as soon as the donation center opened and 40 samples were collected in just two hours. Magen David Adom began a blood drive on Sunday in the Druze-majority village of Isfiya to support Syrian Druze wounded by militia groups and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) regime forces in recent clashes,

Sweida recently faced intense sectarian clashes involving Druze militias, Bedouin tribes, and Syrian government forces, drawing in Israel and leading to over 300 deaths. The Syrian defense ministry announced investigations into alleged human rights violations.

It seems that there is now concern in Washington that Damascus is not able to hold things together. Israel has played a complex role in this.

Syria’s president declared a ceasefire after nearly a week of sectarian bloodshed in the south, but civilians said there was no let-up in the violence.

Eyewitness video released on Sunday (July 20) appears to show bodies, some of them covered or bagged, on the national hospital grounds in the predominantly Druze city of Sweida, following violence in Syria's southern province.

Syria’s armed Bedouin clans announced Sunday they had withdrawn from the Druze-majority city of Sweida following weeklong clashes and a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, as humanitarian aid convoys started to enter the battered southern city.

A group of armed men opened fire in the direction of a convoy evacuating civilians from Sweida on Tuesday (July 22) as it passed through T'ara. Footage showed crowds of people surrounding Red Crescent buses carrying civilians and shots being fired in their direction.