Dozens of people have been killed in the fighting between local militias and clans in Syria ’s Sweida province. Government security forces that were sent to restore order Monday also clashed with local armed groups.

US Republican leadership in Israel have raised concerns over severe threats facing the Druze community in southern Syria, particularly in the Suwayda region, which is home to Syria’s largest Druze population amounting to hundreds of thousands of Druze.

The IDF on Monday afternoon confirmed IAF strikes on several Syrian tanks in the area between A-Sijin and Samia in southern Syria. A security source reported that the strike targeted several Syrian tanks that had crossed the border into an area defined by Israel as a buffer zone near the Golan Heights.