THE CEASEFIRE is holding, for now. A week of communal violence in Suwayda, a governorate in southern Syria, began on July 11th when someone abducted a merchant on the motorway. That led to clashes between his Druze sect and Bedouin tribes. The government in Damascus sent troops; instead of restoring order, they carried out summary executions of Druze men and other atrocities. A fragile truce ended the bloodshed on July 20th, but many Syrians worry it will resume.
