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Bodies and looted homes: Syria's Druze reeling after Sweida bloodshed

One elderly man had been shot in the head in his living room. Another in his bedroom. The body of a woman lay in the street. After days of bloodshed in Syria's Druze city of Sweida, survivors emerged on Thursday to collect and bury the scores of dead found across the city.

In Syria, a cycle of revenge engulfs the Druze city of Sweida

Attacks against Druze civilians, allegedly carried out by members of government forces, have multiplied in recent days in the city of Sweida and its surrounding areas, which remain cut off from the outside world.

The Associated Press on MSN · 15h

Syrian forces who fought Druze militias leave Sweida province as a new ceasefire is on

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

Syria, Israel and Sweida

Reuters on MSN · 7h

Syrian forces prepare to redeploy to Sweida city despite Israeli warnings

BEIRUT (Reuters) -Syrian security forces are preparing to redeploy to the Druze-majority Sweida city to quell fighting with Bedouin tribes, a Syrian interior ministry spokesperson said on Friday, further straining a fragile truce in Syria's south.

The Times of Israel · 3h

Israel says it’s allowing Syrian forces to enter Sweida for 48 hours amid renewed clashes

Violence between Druze and Bedouin has renewed in the southern Syrian province despite Thursday's announced ceasefire; Israel sending humanitarian aid over the border

Israel strikes Syria amid sectarian clashes

Israel carried out a series of drone strike against Damascus, after the breakdown of a ceasefire between the Syrian government and fighters from the Druze community in the south of the country. The IDF says it is acting the protect the Druze community,

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Syrian government forces set to reenter Sweida province after renewed sectarian clashes

The conflict drew airstrikes against Syrian forces by neighboring Israel in defense of the Druze minority before most of the ...

Reuters on MSN55m

REFILE: Armed men fire at building in Syria's Sweida region

Social media video showing armed men walking on road in Syria's Sweida region and then firing at a building. Donald Trump ...

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Israel reinforces fence between Golan Heights and Syria following Sweida province violence

The Israeli army continued to build a concrete wall on Friday to enforce the fence area separating the Israeli-controlled ...

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After Israel allowed ‘limited entry’ to Sweida, Syria denies plan to redeploy forces in Druze-Sunni clash region

Syria’s interior ministry spokesperson stated on Friday that government forces were not prepared to redeploy to Sweida ...

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Syrian government forces re-enter Sweida province after renewed Druze-Bedouin clashes

Government forces were deployed again to southern Syria after renewed clashes broke out overnight between Druze armed groups ...

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Syrian government forces set to reenter Sweida province after renewed Druze-Bedouin clashes

Clashes have erupted again between Druze militias and Bedouin clans in southern Syria. Government forces withdrew from the ...

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Bloodshed in Syria's Sweida left at least 321 people dead, human rights group says

Bloodshed in Sweida left at least 321 people dead, the Syrian Network for Human Rights said on Friday, in a new toll.

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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 ...

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