Israel agrees to allow Syrian troops limited access to Sweida

Israel has agreed to allow limited access by Syrian forces into the Sweida area of southern Syria for the next two days, an Israeli official said Friday after days of bloodshed in and around Syria's Druze city of Sweida.

- REUTERS

"In light of the ongoing instability in southwest Syria, Israel has agreed to allow limited entry of the (Syrian) internal security forces into Sweida district for the next 48 hours," the official, who declined to be named, told reporters.

Syria’s interior ministry spokesperson said Friday that government forces were not preparing to redeploy to Sweida Province, the state news agency reported.