Scores of people have been killed in Syria's southern governorate of Suwayda after clashes began between local Sunni Bedouin tribes and Druze armed factions. A ceasefire agreement was announced Wednesday after neighbouring Israel launched strikes on Syrian military forces,

Israel has been carrying out strikes on Syria since the fall of the Assad regime last December. This week saw a major escalation, when Israel said it attacked Syria to protect the Druze, an Arab minority at the center of clashes with government loyalists.

Syrian Druze cross the demarcation line into the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, near Majdal Shams. "It's an indescribable feeling. It's like a dream. Israeli troops sought to control crowds and prevent Druze from crossing the border with Syria, after deadly violence in the country's south that prompted Damascus to send in government forces.