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Truce Quiets Syrian City Torn by Sectarian Clashes
The fighting has stopped in the southern city of Sweida, three weeks after a deadly eruption of violence. But the area ...
Geopolitical Futures1h
The Israeli-Druze Alliance of Necessity
Last month, clashes erupted between Druze militia groups and Sunni tribes in Syria’s southern province of Sweida. The enmity ...
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The Sweida operation: How a lightning offensive became a war
When Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara was considering sending tanks and troops to the mostly Druze province of Sweida amid ...
Syria’s president has opened up a hornet’s nest and it’s tearing the country apart
But its involvement risks deepening sectarian tensions. Israeli troops have seized parts of southern Syria, violating a 1974 ...
Tenuous Syria ceasefire falters
New outbreaks of violence overnight into Sunday rocked Syria at two distinct flashpoints, straining a fragile ceasefire and calling into question the ability of the transitional government to exert ...
Ya Libnan2d
Renewed clashes in Sweida between the Druze and government security forces. Four killed
Syrian state-run news agency SANA accused Druze groups loyal to influential spiritual leader Hikmat al-Hijri of breaching the ...
The Columbian2d
Violence erupts in increasingly tense Syria
New outbreaks of violence overnight into Sunday rocked Syria at two distinct flashpoints, straining a fragile ceasefire and ...
TASS Russian News Agency2d
Syrian authorities close humanitarian corridor to Sweida governorate amid clashes — TV
According to the al-Ekhbariya television channel, the corridor will stay closed "until security in the area is ensured" following the ceasefire violation by "illegal groups." ...