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The bodies of six men captured during fighting in Suweida in southern Syria were found in the city centre on Friday, a war monitor and a local media outlet reported, raising to 23 the death toll from a rare outbreak of violence in the area. Located within regime-held Syria, the Druze-majority province of Sweida has remained mostly shielded from the war that has splintered the country since 2011, but sporadic anti-regime protests and activism have taken place over deteriorating economic conditions. This week’s violence has pitted armed residents against gangs aligned with the Syrian regime’s se…