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.

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,

Clashes in the Syrian suburb of Jaramana between Druze gunmen and pro-government forces resulted in at least 10 deaths. A truce was reached later, but tensions remain over a controversial audio clip attributed to a Druze cleric.