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Fighters from Bedouin tribes ride a motorcycle in al-Mazraa village, in Syria's southern Sweida governorate, as clashes with Druze gunmen continue on July 18, 2025. Fighters from Bedouin tribes ride a motorcycle in al-Mazraa village, in Syria's southern Sweida province, amid renewed clashes with Druze gunmen on July 18, 2025. © Omar Haj Kadour, AFP

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Issued on: 18/07/2025 - 18:11

Tribal reinforcements from across Syria gathered in villages around Sweida on July 18 to support local Bedouin, whose longstanding enmity with the Druze erupted into violence last weekend. Our guest Simon Mabon, professor of International Politics and Middle East Studies at Lancaster University, tells us more.

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