A war monitor and an activist group say clashes broke out in the Syrian capital between local gunmen belonging to the minority Druze sect and pro-government fighters.

In her home in the Damascus suburb of Jaramana, Riham Waqqaf spent the night trying to distract her children from the sound of sectarian clashes that have terrified local residents. A mostly Druze and Christian suburb in southeast Damascus,

At least 13 people - mostly from Syria’s Druze community - were killed and 17 others injured in armed clashes that erupted early Tuesday in the Druze-majority city of Jaramana, southeast of Damascus,