Conflicts between breed and local fighter in the city Suede inhabited mainly by Drouzusto southern Syria, have caused death 18 peopleannounced today in his new report on his Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Authorities sent aid in an attempt to calm down the situation. These are the first multiple conflicts between the two communities after the violence that had erupted in April and May and had faced Syrian security forces with Druze fighters, resulting in dozens of people lost their lives.

According to the Observatory, at least 18 people were killed, including 14 Drouzes, including one child, and four Bedouins. The non -governmental organization, based in Britain, had spoken earlier for 40 injured.

Citing medical sources, the Sweida 24 news website mentioned “armed conflicts and exchanges in the Makos district, on the east side of the city”.

The highway that connects Damascus with the suede closed due to violence, he added this media, which had previously reported a temporary report with six dead.

A Syrian government official, who asked not to be named, told the French Agency that authorities had sent forces to the area to relieve tension.

The sue ruler, Mustafa al -Bakour, called on residents to “show restraint and respond to national calls for reform”.

With about 700,000 inhabitants, the country’s largest Drouza community resides in the country.

The tensions between Druze and Bedouin groups are long -term and violence occasionally erupts between the two communities.

Following the fall of President Bashar al -Assad in December, there were concerns about the fate of minorities under the new Islamic authorities.

Conflicts in April and May between the new security forces and the Drussian fighters left dozens of dead behind, before local and religious leaders reached agreements with the aim of degrading and better integrating the fighters into the new structures.