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Druze, Syria and Sweida

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 lay in the street. After days of bloodshed in Syria's Druze city of Sweida, survivors emerged on Thursday to collect and bury the scores of dead found across the city.

The Associated Press on MSN · 2h

Syrian forces who fought Druze militias leave Sweida province as a new ceasefire is on

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

Washington Examiner on MSN · 40m

Syrian government forces withdraw from Druze areas, announces new ceasefire

He credited the United States, the Gulf States, and Turkey for mediating a ceasefire. The Syrian president then attempted to spin the Syrian withdrawal as planned, saying, “We are assigning local factions and tribal leaders the responsibility of maintaining security in Suwayda … based on the supreme national interest.”

Syria's Sharaa vows to protect Druze

CNN on MSN · 7h

Who are the Druze and why is Israel bombing Syria to protect them?

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,

Reuters on MSN · 3h

Syria's Sharaa vows to protect Druze as truce strained by Bedouin offensive

Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa accused Israel of trying to fracture Syria and promised to protect its Druze minority on Thursday after U.S. intervention to help achieve a truce in fighting between government forces and Druze fighters.

Al Jazeera on MSN · 12h

Syrian president vows to protect Druze after Israeli strikes on Damascus

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has said that protecting the country’s Druze citizens and their rights is a priority, as he announced that local leaders will take control of security in the city of Suwayda in a bid to end sectarian violence in the south and in the wake of deadly Israeli strikes in Damascus.

1,000 Druze Cross Border Into Syria

ANI - Video on MSN · 1d

Israeli Druze breach Syria border at Golan heights; IDF strikes hard to shield them from govt forces

Israeli Druze breached the Israel-Syria border fence in the Golan Heights and walked towards Syria on July 16after local calls to help Druze in Syria after a surge in violence in the neighbouring country.

Associated Press · 1d

Hundreds of Druze community members gather at Golan Heights border amid clashes in Syria

Hundreds of members of the Druze community in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights and villages in northern Israel gathered along the border fence with Syria, trying to enter the country as clashes between government forces and Syria's Druze factions intensify.

The Media Line · 1d

1,000 Druze Cross Border Into Syria as Fighting Escalates in As-Suwayda

Nearly 1,000 Israeli Druze crossed into Syria from the Golan Heights on Wednesday, escalating tensions along the Israeli-Syrian border as violence surged in the southern Syrian city of As-Suwayda. The unrest,

Key players in Syria's latest eruption of violence, from the Druze and Bedouin to government forces

Clashes that shook southern Syria this week have killed hundreds of people, including civilians, and drawn in an array of ...

France 24 on MSN5h

Explainer-Who are the Druze and why does Israel say it is hitting Syria for their sake?

Straddling Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, the Druze occupy a special niche in the ...

Al-Monitor14m

As Suwayda agreement takes shape, here are key Druze players in Syria

The Syrian Druze community has three prominent religious leaders, as well as a number of armed groups that continue to ...

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Turmoil gives Druze divided between Syria and Israel rare moment of contact

Hundreds of Druze from Israel pushed across the border in solidarity with their Syrian cousins they feared were under attack.

Free Malaysia Today6h

Syrian troops quit Druze heartland, leaving bodies on streets

An AFP photographer counted 15 bodies on the street in the centre of Sweida today after government forces pulled out. The ...

23hon MSN

Who are the Druze? Religious group aids Syrian members under Islamist attack, Israeli members offer support

Israeli military responds to protect Syrian Druze from Islamist militants as local Druze citizens cross the border to aid their brethren, prompting concerns from Israeli officials.

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Here’s what triggered the latest deadly violence in Syria, and why it matters

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a U.K.-based war monitor, said the clashes started after members of a Bedouin tribe ...

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How do the Druze feel about what’s happening in Syria?

Syria says it is withdrawing troops from the southern city of Suwayda after days of deadly clashes with the minority Arab Druze community that triggered military action from Israel. CNN’s Becky ...

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