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Netanyahu, Druze spiritual leader meet in Jerusalem amid Syria ceasefire
This meeting comes ahead of Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer's meeting with US Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack and ...
A fragile ceasefire holds in southern Syria after hundreds of Druze civilians killed
As violence broke out last week between two ethnic groups in southern Syria, both the Israeli and Syrian governments ...
Ceasefire in southern Syria appears to be holding as US demands Damascus end violence
The Syrian government says clashes in the southern city of Suwayda have stopped after a week of violence left hundreds of ...
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Amid fragile ceasefire, violence in southern Syria brings Druze communities’ complex cross-border ties to the fore
When the Syrian civil war erupted in March 2011, Syrian Druze were targeted at times by both the Assad regime, which ...
Fragile Syria ceasefire struggles to hold
Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa urged Sunni Muslim Bedouin tribes Saturday to "fully commit" to a ceasefire aimed ...
Clashes rage in Druze region as Syria struggles to enforce ceasefire
By Laila Bassam DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Sectarian clashes escalated in Syria's predominantly Druze region of Sweida on Saturday, ...
Fighting Rages in Syria Despite ‘Ceasefire’ As Government Forces Struggle To Maintain Peace
Fighting escalated in Syria Saturday in the predominantly Druze region of Sweida as the government struggled to implement a ...
In Syria’s Sweida, the stench of death still lingers days after sectarian bloodshed
In the aftermath of intense sectarian fighting, the eerily silent streets of Syria's southern province of Sweida are filled ...
News Analysis: Syria’s sectarian clashes, Israeli airstrikes and a wary peace: What to know
Syria's new government sent troops to quell fighting between the Druze religious minority and Sunni Muslim tribes. Then ...
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Syria evacuates Bedouin from Druze-majority Sweida as ceasefire holds
Syrian authorities evacuated Bedouin families from the Druze-majority city of Sweida on Monday, after a ceasefire in the ...
As U.S. hails Syria ceasefire, Sweida residents say fighting rages on
Syria’s president on Saturday declared a “comprehensive and immediate ceasefire” after nearly a week of sectarian bloodshed in the country’s Druze-majority south, saying government security forces ...
Syria’s leader urges Bedouin tribes to commit to ceasefire ending clashes with Druze
Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa urged Sunni Muslim Bedouin tribes Saturday to "fully commit" to a ceasefire aimed ...