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Syrian Forces Withdraw From Sweida

Israel and Syria agree ceasefire as Israel allows Syrian troops limited access to Sweida

Israel and Syria have agreed to a ceasefire, the U.S. envoy to Turkey said on Friday, after days of bloodshed in the predominantly Druze area that has killed over 300 people. On Wednesday, Israel launched airstrikes in Damascus and hit government forces in the south,

RTHK News · 28m

Syrian forces deploy in Sweida as ceasefire begins

Syria's Islamist-led government said its internal security forces began deploying in Sweida on Saturday as the presidency called on all parties to

Associated Press News on MSN · 1d

Syrian forces withdraw from Sweida after ceasefire goes into effect

Syrian government forces have started withdrawing from the southern province of Sweida following days of vicious clashes with militias from the Druze minority.

Druze-Bedouin clashes strain fragile truce in Syria's Sweida

Yahoo · 12h

Armed fighters in streets of Sweida as Druze-Bedouin clashes flare up again in Syria

Clashes flared up again Friday between Druze militiamen and Sunni Bedouin tribes around Sweida in southern Syria. Footage from the Al-Arabiya network showed fires burning on the roadside and a heavy presence of Syrian security forces and other armed men.

Gulf Today · 2h

Syria tribes clash with Druze fighters near Sweida

Armed tribes supported by Syria’s government clashed with Druze fighters outside Sweida on Friday a day after government troops withdrew from

Reuters · 13h

UN reports ongoing clashes and 'abuses' in Syria's Sweida

The U.N. said on Friday (July 19) it had received "credible" reports of "widespread violations and abuses" as well as continuing clashes in Sweida, after days of bloodshed in and around the predominantly Druze city in southern Syria.

Syria, Israel and Druze

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Explainer-Who Are the Druze and Why Does Israel Say It Is Hitting Syria for Their Sake?

Syria's Druze are concentrated in the southwest in the Sweida region bordering Jordan and in areas of Quneitra province, near the occupied Golan. They also reside in the Damascus

The Washington Post on MSN · 1d

Why did Israel attack Syria — and what does it have to do with the Druze

Israeli leaders said they launched attacks on Syria this week to protect members of the Druze religious group in the country’s south, amid clashes in the area.

The Atlantic · 17h

Why Trump and Israel Are at Odds Over Syria

The latest intercommunal violence, which has left some 600 people dead in Syria’s southern province of Sweida, illustrates a fundamental disagreement between the United States and Israel over the nature of the Syrian state.

20h

Syrian government forces set to re-enter Sweida province after renewed sectarian clashes

The conflict drew airstrikes against Syrian forces by neighboring Israel in defense of the Druze minority before most of the ...

22h

Syrian government forces set to reenter Sweida province after renewed Druze-Bedouin clashes

Syrian government forces had largely pulled out of the Druze-majority southern province of Sweida after days of clashes with ...

12m

Deadly violence in Syria could reshape domestic and regional alliances

An eruption of violence in Syria this week that entangled government forces, Bedouin tribes, the Druze religious minority and neighboring Israel highlighted just how combustible the country remains ...

20h

Israel reinforces fence between Golan Heights and Syria following Sweida province violence

The Israeli army continued to build a concrete wall on Friday to enforce the fence area separating the Israeli-controlled ...

13hon MSN

Bodies and looted homes: Syria's Druze reeling after Sweida bloodshed

BEIRUT (Reuters) -One elderly man had been shot in the head in his living room. Another in his bedroom. The body of a woman ...

Israel, Syria agree to cease-fire as Druze minority, Bedouin clans continue to fight: US envoy

U.S. Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack said early Saturday that Israel and Syria had agreed to a cease-fire, following Israel’s ...

Al-Monitor on MSN15h

'Mass grave': Medics appeal for aid at last working hospital in Syria's Sweida

In the last barely-functional hospital in Sweida, bodies are overflowing from the morgue, staff said, amid violence that has ...

21h

Bloodshed in Syria's Sweida left at least 321 people dead, human rights group says

Bloodshed in Sweida left at least 321 people dead, the Syrian Network for Human Rights said on Friday, in a new toll.

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