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Amid fragile ceasefire, violence in southern Syria brings Druze communities’ complex cross-border ties to the fore

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Druze regain control of Sweida city after Syria announces ceasefire

Syrian interior ministry forces began deploying in Sweida on Saturday under a US-brokered deal intended to avert further ...
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Syrian fighters depart Sweida

Syria's armed Bedouin clans announced Sunday they had withdrawn from the Druze-majority city of Sweida following weeklong ...

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 ...
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Druze fighters regain control of Sweida after US-brokered Syria-Israel ceasefire deal

Druze fighters pushed out rival armed factions from Syria's city of Sweida on Saturday, a monitor said, after a US-brokered ...

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 ...

Syrian government urges respect for shaky truce in Druze region

Syria's Islamist-led government said its security forces were deploying in the predominantly Druze southern city of Sweida on ...

Syria's Druze find bodies in the streets while searching for loved ones after days of clashes

A ceasefire went into effect late Wednesday, easing days of brutal clashes in Sweida. Now, members of its Druze community who ...