At the last checkpoint before the “dangerous” road to the city of Subitida

The Budouin fighters, located outside the southern Syrian city of Suwis, told the BBC that they would monitor the ceasefire with the Druza community there, but did not rule out the resumption of hostilities.

The Bedouin fighters have withdrawn from the city to the surrounding villages in the countryside after a week of deadly sectarian clashes between fighters of Drui, Bedouin and Government forces, with Israel making air strikes in support of Druza.

Dozens of state security officers, all highly armed, continue to block the Bedouin from re -entering the city of Suwaida.

The Bedouin fighters want the release of wounded Bedouin people still in the city, who they call hostages. Otherwise, they say, they will make their way past the checkpoint and head back to the city.