Syrian security forces on Monday began bussing Bedouin civilians out of the predominantly Druze city of Sweida, implementing the first phase of a U.S.-backed truce that halted a week of sectarian clashes. State media and eyewitnesses said about 300 people were moved to displacement camps in neighbouring Daraa province, with authorities planning to evacuate up to 1,500 Bedouins if the fragile cease-fire holds. The violence, which erupted on 13 July between Druze fighters and Bedouin tribesmen, has killed at least 558 people, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, and uprooted roughly 93,000, U.N. figures show. Interior Minister Anas Khattab said security forces deployed around the city when the cease-fire took effect late Sunday and would oversee both the evacuations and a planned exchange of detainees and bodies. The bloodshed has posed an early test for Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa, installed after April elections, and drew Israeli airstrikes on Syrian government positions last week as Tel Aviv pledged to protect Druze communities near its border. While Washington supports the truce, U.S. envoy Tom Barrack said Damascus must still be held accountable for rights abuses. Humanitarian access remains limited: the Syrian Arab Red Crescent delivered the first aid convoy on Monday, but U.N. shipments have yet to enter the province.