At least 30 killed in sectarian clashes in Syria

At least 30 people have been killed in clashes in southern Syria as authorities sent forces to de-escalate the situation, the BBC writes.

Scores of people were also injured in the violence between Bedouin Sunni tribes and fighters from the Druze religious minority in the city of Sweida.

Syria’s interior ministry said at least 30 people were killed, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor, put the death toll at 37.

Fighting between different minority groups has escalated since the collapse of the Assad regime in December.