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Clashes rage in Druze region

Houston Chronicle · 55m

Syria's armed Bedouins say they have withdrawn from Druze-majority city after weeklong fighting

Armed Bedouin clans in Syria have withdrawn from the southern city of Sweida after over a week of deadly clashes. A U.S.-brokered ceasefire ended the fighting between Sunni Bedouins and

LA Times on MSN · 8h

Syria’s leader urges Bedouin tribes to commit to a ceasefire ending clashes with the Druze

Government forces that were initially sent to restore order but effectively sided with the Bedouins against the Druze were redeployed to halt renewed fighting that erupted Thursday in the southern province of Sweida. The violence also drew airstrikes against Syrian forces by neighboring Israel before a truce was reached.

Reuters on MSN · 12h

Clashes rage in Druze region as Syria struggles to enforce ceasefire

Late on Saturday, the interior ministry said clashes in Sweida city had been halted and the area cleared of Bedouin tribal fighters following the deployment.

Syria, Israel and Sweida

Al-Monitor on MSN · 22h

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 Israeli military intervention in the Druze-majority province.Israel had bombed defence ministry forces in both Sweida and Damascus earlier this week to force their withdrawal after they were accused of summary executions and other abuses against Druze civilians during their brief deployment in the southern province.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Exclusive-Syria Believed It Had Green Light From US, Israel to Deploy Troops to Sweida

Israel carried out strikes on Syrian troops and on Damascus on Wednesday in an escalation that took the Islamist-led leadership by surprise, the sources said, after government forces were accused of killing scores of people in the Druze city of Sweida.

Israel agrees to allow Syrian troops limited access to Sweida

Israel has agreed to allow limited access by Syrian forces into the Sweida area of southern Syria for the next two days, an Israeli official said on Friday, after days of bloodshed in the predominantly Druze area that has killed over 300 people.

TAG24 on MSN12h

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 ...

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Syrian forces who fought Druze militias leave Sweida province under a ceasefire

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

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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 ...

Sweida: A City in Tense Calm Amid Ceasefire Challenges

Sweida, a Syrian city, experiences a 'tense calm' after a temporary withdrawal of Bedouin fighters. Despite the ceasefire, ...

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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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Syrian govt says fighting in Sweida halted after tribal forces pull out

Fighting in Syria's Sweida "halted" on Sunday, the government said, after the southern city was recaptured by Druze fighters ...

Syrians protest Sweida killings in London, Paris

Dozens of Syrians from minority communities rallied on Saturday in London and Paris, calling for action to protect the Druze ...

DPA International on MSN18h

Monitor: Deaths from violence in Syria's Druze bastion surge to 940

Around 940 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in week-long violence in Syria's Druze-majority province of Sweida, a ...

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