Syrian government security forces stand atop an earth barrier that they created as a buffer during their deployment in Busra al-Harir in Syria's southern Daraa province on July 21, 2025. Calm returned to southern Syria's Sweida province on July 20, a monitor and AFP correspondents reported, after a week of sectarian violence between Druze fighters and rival groups that killed more than 1,100 people. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)