Syria Withdraws Bedouin Fighters From Druze-Majority City
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After a week of violence that killed hundreds of people, the Syrian government reported that clashes in the southern city of Suwayda have stopped.
In this whirl of shrapnel and shellfire, hopes for a new era of peace in a nation long torn apart by dictatorship and a 14-year civil war are quickly fading. Instead, Syria appears on the brink of being dragged into yet another civil and international conflict.
Fresh Clashes Erupt Between Bedouin Tribes and Druze Fighters in Syria | Vantage with Palki Sharma Violence erupted again in Syria's Druze heartland. Armed tribes supported by the Syrian government clashed with Druze fighters in the restive region of Sweida.
Syria has been wracked by a new wave of deadly sectarian violence that has placed the spotlight on the Druze minority at the center of rising tensions with Israel. Dozens of people were killed this week after clashes between government loyalists and Druze militias in the southern city of Suwayda,
Syria should not be allowed back into the international community unless it is able to uphold protections for the Druze and its other minority groups, Israel has said.
Oklahoma man and Druze community member Hosam Saraya was executed alongside his family in Syria. State lawmakers are sharing their reactions.
Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa has urged Sunni Bedouin tribes to honor a ceasefire aimed at ending deadly clashes with Druze-linked militias Sweida
Members of Syria's Druze community are searching for loved ones and counting their dead after days of clashes in a southern province that left bloodied bodies of civilians on the streets and homes loo
The Syrian government has begun evacuating over 1,500 Bedouins from war-torn Sweida following deadly clashes with Druze militias that killed 260 in a week. Red Crescent and security forces are escorting evacuees to Daraa as ceasefire talks continue.
Hundreds of Druze from Israel pushed across the border in solidarity with their Syrian cousins they feared were under attack. Many then met relatives they had never seen before.