The Syrian government has begun evacuating Bedouin families from Sweida after over a week of violent clashes between Druze militias and Bedouin fighters.

For days, Sunni tribal warriors surrounded the Druze capital in southern Syria. Fighters drove around in off-road vehicles, while bearded jihadists took selfies. Daniel Böhm and Dominic Nahr report from the front lines.

MAZRAA, Syria (AP) — Syria’s armed Bedouin clans announced Sunday they had withdrawn from the Druze-majority city of Sweida following weeklong clashes and a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, as humanitarian aid convoys started to enter the battered southern city.