DAMASCUS -- Syrian interim government troops completed their pullout from the southern province of Sweida at dawn on Thursday, marking a temporary calm after days of heavy fighting between government forces, Druze fighters, and Bedouin tribes, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said.
"There is no longer a single fighter from government forces in Sweida," said Rami Abdulrahman, director of the Britain-based monitor, adding it remains unclear whether internal security units, which were deployed to the province before the escalation, will return. (Syria-Sweida Fighting-Gov't Withdrawal)
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DAMASCUS -- The death toll from this week's deadly clashes in southern Syria's Sweida province has risen to nearly 600, as tensions continued Thursday amid an Israeli airstrike on the outskirts of the provincial capital of Sweida, state-run media and a war monitor reported.
According to Syria's official news agency SANA, an Israeli warplane launched a new air raid targeting the vicinity of Sweida city, a day after Israeli strikes hit military and symbolic state sites in Damascus. No immediate casualties were reported from Thursday's strike. (Syria-Clashes-Death Toll)
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GAZA/JERUSALEM -- At least 34 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza on Thursday, whereas two rockets fired from northern Gaza towards Israel were intercepted, according to Palestinian and Israeli sources.
Two people were killed and seven others injured in an Israeli drone strike on the Holy Family church housing displaced persons east of Gaza City, Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for the Civil Defense in Gaza, told Xinhua, adding that Parish Priest of the church Father Gabriel Romanelli is among the injured. (Gaza-Israeli Attacks-Deaths)
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BAGHDAD -- Three explosive-laden drones attacked on Thursday the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan in northern Iraq, local authorities said.
The first attack occurred at 1:27 a.m. Thursday local time (2227 GMT Wednesday), when an explosive-laden drone crashed in the Bahirka area near Erbil, the capital city of the Kurdistan region, the regional Directorate General of Counter Terrorism said in a statement. (Iraq-Drone Attacks-Oil Fields) Enditem
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