At least 940 people have been killed in the southern Syrian city of Sweida after a week of sectarian violence, a human rights group reported Saturday.

The Syrian government announced a total ceasefire and Bedouin fighters have reportedly begun withdrawing from the city.

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said that 342 Syrian security personnel have been killed since fighting broke out on July 13, including 15 killed in Israeli airstrikes. The group also reported that 21 Bedouin fighters were also killed.

In addition, SOHR said 180 civilians, “including 26 women, six children and an elderly man were extrajudicially executed by forces affiliated with Syria’s defense and interior ministries.”

The report follows a televised address Thursday by Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, who vowed to bring justice for the Druze community after reports alleged his forces aided Bedouin attacks on the religious group.

“We are keen on holding accountable those who transgressed and abused our Druze people, as they are under the protection and responsibility of the state,” al-Sharaa said.

In a show of unity, he added that the Druze are “a fundamental part of the fabric of this nation.”

The Druze, a minority religious group in Syria primarily residing in the south, are an offshoot of Shia Islam but do not consider themselves Muslim.

Clashes between Druze and Sunni Bedouin tribesmen began last week in Sweida over alleged kidnappings. The Syrian government intervened in an attempt to assert control and mediate between the two sides.

Multiple ceasefires were broken, including one on Tuesday reportedly by forces loyal to Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri. He was said to have supported Israeli airstrikes the following day on Damascus, which targeted the Ministry of Defense headquarters and the Presidential Palace.

On Thursday, Syrian state news agency SANA reported that “outlaw groups” had massacred Bedouin civilians in the Sweida countryside, including women and children. The report did not specify Druze fighters as the perpetrators.