France on Wednesday called for an end to "abuses targeting civilians" in Syria's Sweida, after a war monitor accused government forces of summary executions and other abuses.

Syria announced it had begun withdrawing its army from Druze-majority Sweida city on Wednesday night after agreeing to a new ceasefire that it said would bring a complete halt to its military operations there.

Watch the dramatic moment an Israeli airstrike hit a Syrian military HQ on live TV as the journalist attempt to flee the scene in panic.

Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa said Thursday those responsible for violence against Druze people would be held accountable, after clashes in the southern city of Sweida left more than 350 people dead according to a war monitor.

Syria announced that its army had begun to withdraw from violence-hit Sweida on Wednesday, following a wave of Israeli strikes on the capital and a US call for government

The violence underscores the government’s challenge to assert nationwide control as ethnic and religious tensions simmer after the end of the civil war.

BEIRUT — Syria’s authorities appealed Tuesday to the European Union for support in battling massive wildfires that have been engulfing the country’s northwestern coastal region for the sixth consecutive day.