BEIRUT (Reuters) -Syrian security forces are preparing to redeploy to the Druze-majority Sweida city to quell fighting with Bedouin tribes, a Syrian interior ministry spokesperson said on Friday, further straining a fragile truce in Syria's south.

Israel launched rare strikes in Damascus on Wednesday in a campaign it said was aimed at defending the Druze community after days of clashes in the southern city of Sweida.

The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting following brutal Israeli airstrikes on Syrian territory, drawing widespread international condemnation and calls for immediate cessation of aggression and respect for Syria’s sovereignty.