Syrian government forces have started withdrawing from the southern province of Sweida following days of vicious clashes with militias from the Druze minority.

Syria's Druze have reached a ceasefire agreement with the Syrian government in Sweida that will take immediate effect, Druze religious leader Sheikh Yousef Jarbou said in a video broadcast by state media on Wednesday.

Sharaa, has vowed to protect the Druze minority amid deadly clashes in their heartland. A UK-based war monitor has put the death toll from the sectarian violence at 360. DW has more. Syrian interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa has vowed accountability over violence against Druze Two killed in apparent Israeli strike on Catholic Church in Gaza UK-based war monitor says at least 360 have been killed in Sweida Israel carried out attacks on Damascus on Wednesday,