France, the United Kingdom, and Japan have welcomed the ceasefire between Israel and Syria in Sweida province after days deadly clashes broke out between Druze and Bedouin factions, compounded by the Israeli military actions in the country.
Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa has declared a ceasefire, urging all sides to maintain peace while respecting the ceasefire, adding the country would redeploy forces to a violence-hit region in case of an escalation.
Nation-states around the world have been welcoming the announcement, which followed a separate US-brokered deal to avert further Israeli attacks.
UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy said in a post on X that he was horrified by the violence in southern Syria and that “a sustainable ceasefire is vital.”
Similar impressions were found in the French foreign ministry statement, which stressed the need for “Syrian authorities to ensure the safety and rights of all segments of the Syrian people” and called for investigations into abuses against civilians in Sweida.
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Additionally, Japan also expressed concern over the recent violence, including the Israeli airstrikes on the Syrian capital Damascus, after the violent clashes between Druze and Bedouin tribesmen. Tokyo called for the immediate implementation of a ceasefire between the two communities.
Syria has witnessed one of the world’s deadliest civil wars in modern history, which occurred in 2011 after the then-President Bashar Al-Assad ordered a deadly crackdown on the protesters who were demanding the release of three teenage boys tortured for writing anti-government graffiti in Damascus.
So far, as per the contested figures, some 700,000-1 million people have been killed during the 14 years of the deadly conflict in the country, with hundreds of thousands displaced.
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