PrintDespite the recent 'agreement' between the central government and the spiritual and armed faction leaders of the primarily Druze province of al-Suwayda' in southern Syria regarding the activation of local police and law enforcement apparatuses, local armed groups not formally affiliated with the central government still play a leading role in internal security in the province, having mobilised their forces to assist local police and law enforcement and to protect the province's border regions in particular against external attacks by armed groups, some of which may be conducting their attacks on the pretext of trying to impose central government authority over the province. Internally, the central government-appointed governor of al-Suwayda'- Mustafa al-Bakur- has reportedly decided to suspend his work following the entry of an armed group into his office demanding the release of a detained person.
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