After a weekend of chaos, Syria has hit the brakes, at least for now. On Tuesday, the Syrian military announced a full ceasefire in As-Suwayda, where a violent showdown between Druze fighters, Bedouin tribes, and government forces had left nearly 100 people dead and hundreds more injured.

What began as kidnappings has escalated into a war. The neo-colonial authority seeks to subjugate As-Suwayda, whose people demand democracy, equality and freedom for all Syrians.

Israeli air raids struck eastern Lebanon's Bekaa Valley and Syria's southern Suwayda region, as Israeli forces continued heavy bombardment across Gaza, Al Jazeera reported on Monday. According to Al Jazeera,

Syrian army begins withdrawing heavy military equipment from Suwayda to hand over city’s neighborhoods to internal security forces - Anadolu Ajansı

An Israeli warplane carried out an airstrike on the Druze-majority governorate of Suwayda, located in southern Syria, on Tuesday, escalating tensions

Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes against Syrian military positions in southern Syria’s Suwayda province on Tuesday, in another act of aggression aimed at destabilizing the region.

“Israeli occupation aircraft targets the city of Suwayda,” the state-run news agency SANA reported. Meanwhile, the army launched an attack on a Syrian tank after it entered Suwayda city, Israeli Army Radio reported.

Syrian government forces entered the battle-hit province of Suwayda on Tuesday, followed by an announcement of a complete cease-fire by the

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Deadly clashes between Bedouin tribes and Druze fighters in Syria’s Druze-majority Suwayda province have left at least 99 people dead, prompting urgent calls for calm and accountability from the United Nations and Kurdish-led authorities in northeast Syria

At least 30 people were killed and around 100 were injured in sectarian violence that exploded in Syria's southernmost As-Suwayda Governorate, the Middle Eastern country's Ministry of Interior said Monday morning.