Who Controls Suwaida After the Clashes?

AlArabiya English

Who currently holds real control on the ground in Sweida, and could this latest fighting upset supporters of President al-Sharaa? Security analyst Dr. Riad Kahwaji shares his thoughts.

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00:00Dr. Riyad, there are accusations flying between Syrian government and Druze fighters.

00:04But who on the ground is currently holding real control in Sweda?

00:09And what will this latest fighting do?

00:11Will it maybe upset supporters of President al-Shara,

00:14who has had minorities support him up until this point, it seems?

00:17Israel has no say.

00:19This is a Syrian country.

00:21This is a Syrian sovereignty.

00:23So Israel has placed itself as the protector of the Druze

00:29without any international mandate or a U.N. mandate to do so.

00:36And we have to remember that Israel already has plenty of forces across the borders

00:44or in various areas in the southern part of Syria.

00:48And it wants to legitimize this as part of an agreement with the government

00:54that would allow it to stay for several years under the pretext of making sure that there is a full transition in Syria

01:04and the current government manages to establish itself and establish security all over the country

01:15and will not allow any fundamentalist or extremist groups from coming to the Israeli borders.

01:24Right now in Sweda, the Syrian security and armed forces were driven out yesterday by the bombardment of the Israelis.

01:35So we have a security vacuum created by Israel.

01:40What we have in Sweda are the Druze infarctions that were owned by Israel.

01:47They are the ones in control of the city of Sweda and parts of the suburbs of Sweda.

01:53They are the ones who are clashing now with the Sunni tribesmen moving from the neighboring Daraa province,

02:02which is to the west of the Sweda province.

02:06This is the actual situation.

02:08Now there are reports coming saying that Israel will allow contingents of the Syrian internal security forces

02:18to re-enter, to return to Sweda to help enforce peace and disengage both fighting parties.

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