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Syria's Sharaa vows to protect Druze rights as ceasefire holds
DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa accused Israel of trying to fracture Syria and promised to protect its ...
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Syrian Druze grapple with death and destruction in Sweida after fighting ends
About 500 people killed in clashes, according to UK war monitor; AFP photographer counts 15 bodies strewn in city center amid ...
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Syrian Bedouins 'massacred' by Druze anti-government militias, says state media
SANA says women and children among those killed by armed groups following withdrawal of government forces in Sweida ...
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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 ...
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IDF says dozens of Druze from Israel still remain in Syria after rushing border
Army says there were no further crossings overnight, is working to patch up holes in fence; Kurdish official urges Sharaa to ...
Syrian forces withdraw from Sweida after ceasefire goes into effect
The dayslong fighting has threatened to unravel Syria’s postwar political transition and brought in further military ...
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.
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 ...