Local media reports said dozens of people have been killed in armed clashes between Sunni Bedouin tribal fighters and Druze militias in southern Syria.
The violence erupted in the predominantly Druze city in the province of Suweida on Sunday, two days after a Druze merchant was reportedly abducted on the highway to Damascus.
The interior ministry said security forces had been deployed to restore calm, but fighting continued in western parts of the province on Monday.
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