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There are checkpoints around the city of Sueda in southern Syria as the army attempts to quell an outbreak of intra-communal violence.
The government says it will open humanitarian corridors for those who want to leave.
The violence began last Sunday between Bedouin and the Druze,
who, whilst a minority in the country as a whole,
are the majority in Sueda province, which is close to the border of Jordan and Israel.
Over subsequent days, Bedouin tribespeople from other areas converged on Sweda.
Druze reported mass killings and, perhaps worse than Bedouin attacks,