DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Residents reported calm in Syria's Sweida on Sunday after the Islamist-led government announced that Bedouin fighters had withdrawn from the predominantly Druze city and a U.S. envoy signalled that a deal to end days of fighting was being implemented.

The Syrian government says clashes in the southern city of Suwayda have stopped after a week of violence left hundreds of people dead, drawing Israeli intervention and US condemnation.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the Damascus headquarters served as a command center for deploying regime forces to Suwayda, a southern Syrian region gripped by days of deadly clashes between government troops, Druze militias, and Bedouin groups.

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) must prove it is adhering to a recent integration agreement with the Syrian government, a Turkish defence ministry source said on Wednesday.

Secretary of State Rubio says the U.S. is "very concerned" by expanding Israeli strikes targeting Syria's new government, and he wants "the fighting to stop."

Israel carried out heavy airstrikes in the heart of Damascus on Wednesday, hitting Syrian Defense Ministry headquarters and an area near the presidential palace.

The attack follows a wave of Israeli strikes on Syrian government forces during two days of sectarian clashes between local Druze and Bedouin populations.

Damascus’s players gained a better handle of Klotz’s system this week, but they faced another challenge in Northwest, the 2019 Maryland 4A runner-up.

DAMASCUS, Ohio - Firefighters were on the scene of a blaze and smoke in Damascus. According to a dispatcher with the Damascus Fire Department, the call came in around 4:45 p.m. for a fire at Martig Farms, located at 10210 State Route 534 near Damascus. The source of the blaze was a large pile of tires.