Video: Hundreds of Bedouin families evacuated from Syria's Suwayda
The United Nations has evacuated hundreds of Bedouin families from the Syrian city of Suwayda, as part of a UN ceasefire deal to end fighting between Druze and Bedouin militias. More than 120, 000 people have been displaced by the fighting.
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