Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa has urged Sunni Bedouin tribes to honor a ceasefire aimed at ending deadly clashes with Druze-linked militias.

Video showed government forces on the streets of a predominantly Druze city and smoke billowing across roads as gunfire sounded.

Armed Bedouin tribesmen near Syria's Sweida pledged to carry on fighting. Sectarian clashes escalated in country's predominantly Druze region of Sweida. Fire and shelling ringing out after days of bloodshed as Islamist-led govt struggled to implement ceasefire.