Pro-Government Forces Take Bedouin Villages In Southwest

Syrian government troops and their allied Iran-backed militias have attacked Bedouin villages in southeastern Syria, reports Reuters, citing Western-backed rebels.

Monday's attack took place at dawn in a sparsely populated desert area east of the government-controlled city of Sweida, said the rebels.

The assault was aimed at eight villages from Tal Asfar to Tlul al-Shuhaib that were seized by Western-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebels from ISIS in March. According to the...