Syrian interior ministry accuses self-defense squads of disrupting truce in Al-Suwayda

Syria’s internal security forces have managed to restore order in the city of Al-Suwayda, but armed groups violated ceasefire agreements, the Syrian Interior Ministry said in a statement, published by the SANA news agency, Report informs.

"Illegal armed groups attacked checkpoints and police officers, disrupting the implementation of agreements to normalize the situation in Al-Suwayda," the statement reads. "Clashes still continue in certain districts of the city against the backdrop of the government’s active efforts to ensure the safety of civilians."

The statement also says that Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes in support of Druze groups.

The attacks "claimed the lives of several members of the Internal Security Forces and the Syrian army."

Earlier, a curfew was imposed in Al-Suwayda, as the Internal Security Forces and the Syrian army drove self-defense squads from the city center.