India, July 14 -- At least 30 people died and 100 others were injured after armed clashes broke out between Sunni Bedouin tribal fighters and Druze militias in southern Syria, media reports said.

According to reports, the clashes mostly occurred in the predominantly Druze city of Suwayda.

The clashes broke out just days after a Druze merchant was reportedly abducted on the highway to Damascus.

The interior ministry called the situation "a dangerous escalation" and said security forces were being deployed to try to restore calm, reported BBC.

This is the latest sectarian violence that has broken out in the nation since the Islamist-led rebel forces dethroned former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad last year.

The country's interior min...