Hundreds of Bedouin civilians were evacuated from Syria's predominantly Druze city of Sweida on Monday as part of a U.S.-backed truce meant to end days of bloodshed in southern Syria, state media and witnesses said.

Renewed violence in Syria between Druze militias and Bedouin tribes is threatening to deepen divisions in a country recuperating from a civil war.

Syria's government has begun evacuating Bedouin families from the southern province of Sweida after over a week of clashes between Druze militias and Bedouin fighters. The fighting has killed hundreds