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Syria Withdraws Bedouin Fighters From Druze-Majority City

Bedouins tell BBC they could return to fighting Druze in Syria

Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa's government responded by deploying forces to the city. Druze residents of Suweida told the BBC they had witnessed "barbaric acts" as gunmen - government forces and foreign fighters - attacked people. Israel targeted these forces, saying they were acting to protect the Druze.

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Syria's armed Bedouins say they have withdrawn from Druze-majority city after fighting

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In photos: Bedouin clans in Syria say they have withdrawn from Sweida following deadly fighting

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Syrian Government Evacuates Bedouin Families After Deadly Clashes

As part of a cease-fire agreement to return calm to the southern Syrian province of Sweida, the Syrian government said it was evacuating hundreds of Bedouin tribal families from the area on Monday af...

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Clashes rage in Druze region as Syria struggles to enforce ceasefire

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Tense scenes from Druze-Bedouin clashes in Syria’s Sweida

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Syria struggles to quell deadly Bedouin-Druze clashes in south

More than 900 people are reported to have been killed in the violence.

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Bedouin fighters withdraw from Syrian province hit by violence

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Calm returns to south Syria after violence that killed over 1,100: monitor

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US envoy says Syria and Israel agree to ceasefire as Druze minority and Bedouin clans clash in Syria

U.S. envoy to Syria Tom Barrack says that Israel and Syria have agreed to a ceasefire following Israel’s intervention this week in fighting between Syrian government forces and .

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US envoy doubles down on support for Syria’s government and criticizes Israel’s intervention

BEIRUT — A U.S. envoy doubled down on Washington’s support for Syria’s new government, saying Monday there is “no Plan B” to working with it to unite the country still reeling from years of civil war and wracked by new sectarian violence.

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Who are the Druze and why did Israel bomb 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,

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US envoy criticizes Israel’s intervention in Syria

President Trump’s special envoy for Syria on Monday criticized Israeli strikes against the country last week as poorly timed and complicating efforts to stabilize the region, in an interview with The Associated Press.

Syria must protect Druze or be shunned by the world, says Israel

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.

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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. Many then met relatives they had never seen before.

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

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'Syrian Jihadist groups' targeting Druze today will target Israel tomorrow, Katz tells Ted Cruz

Defense Minister Israel Katz said southern Syria would remain a demilitarized zone despite Israel allegedly allowing Syrian forces a limited presence in Sweida. Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz told US Senator Ted Cruz on Thursday that he “did not trust”Syrian Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa,

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Regional powers clash after Israel targets Syrian territory in defense of vulnerable Druze civilians

Violence in Syria's Druze province has triggered Israeli military action, complicating relations with Turkey and creating a power vacuum that Iran could exploit.

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Israel’s message in defending the Druze goes beyond borders, wanting to correct history

While strategic considerations were still in play, the heart of the decision lay in defending the extended family of Israel’s own Druze—a gesture shaped as much by kinship as by security. Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes in Syria over the past decade,