00:00The Syrian government started evacuating Bedouin families trapped inside the southern city of Sueda.
00:07Buses were sent in to lift some 1,500 Bedouins from the Druze-majority city.
00:12Hundreds of people were killed in over a week of clashes there between Druze militias and Bedouin fighters.
00:18A U.S.-brokered ceasefire on Wednesday did not appear to hold,
00:21as violence flared again just hours after U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack announced it.
00:26But the tide may now be shifting as Bedouin clans announced they're withdrawing their fighters from the region.
00:32Barrack, who also serves as Special Envoy for Syria, welcomed the announcement and called for an end to the fighting.
00:39He also urged Syria's new government, led by Interim President Ahmad al-Shara, to take accountability.
00:44You have existing minorities and tribes that have lived most of their children's lives in chaos in another government.
00:53So when things happen, they resort to their tribe.
00:57It's individual, family, tribe, and then nation last.
01:02So what's happened is horrible.
01:06It's unthinkable.
01:09And the hope is that out of this, a consolidation of these issues occurs quicker.
01:17But you have a Syrian government in effect.
01:22They need to be held accountable.
01:23They also need to be given the responsibility that they're there to do.
01:29The clashes between the Bedouins and the Druze threatens to unravel Syria's already fragile position
01:34after almost 15 years of civil war.
01:37The U.N. says more than 120,000 people were displaced as a result of the violence.
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