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Syria’s armed Bedouins say they have withdrawn from Druze-majority city after weeklong fighting

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Syria's armed Bedouins say they have withdrawn from Druze-majority city after fighting

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Bedouin civilians evacuate Syria's Sweida as tense truce holds

Hundreds of Bedouin civilians were evacuated from Syria's predominantly Druze city of Sweida on Monday (July 21) as part of a U.S.-backed truce meant to end fighting that has killed hundreds of people...

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

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Clashes rage in Druze region as Syria struggles to enforce ceasefire

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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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Evacuations begin in Syria's Sweida as days of deadly clashes ease

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US envoy criticizes Israel’s intervention in Syria

Barrack said the U.S. was not consulted over Israel’s decision to strike Syria last week, “nor was it the United States’ responsibility in matters that Israel feels is for its own self-defense.”

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What’s Behind the New Violence and Israeli Strikes in Syria

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U.S. envoy to Syria doubles down on support for new government and criticizes Israel’s intervention

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Syrian presidency announces ceasefire

Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa has pledged to protect all of Syria's minorities as he sent security forces to the Druze heartland, after sectarian clashes left hundreds dead in Sweida.

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

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Israel and Syria agree ceasefire as Israel allows Syrian troops limited access to Sweida

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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 .

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

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‘They Killed Us All’ : Druze Woman Describes Murder of Her American Cousin and 6 Other Relatives by Syrian Forces in As-Suwayda

Trapped in her home in As-Suwayda, Syrian pharmacist Hala Saraya recounts the brutal killings of her family and pleads for the world to hear the Druze community's cry for help.

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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Canadian Druze community asks for humanitarian corridor into Jordan amid violence in Syria

More than 100 demonstrators from Canada's Druze community gathered on Parliament Hill on Friday afternoon, asking for the government to intervene in an unfolding humanitarian crisis in Syria where hundreds have already been killed.

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Evacuations begin in Syria’s Sweida as days of deadly clashes ease

Syria ‘s government on Monday started evacuating Bedouin families trapped inside the southern city of Sweida, where deadly fighting between Druze militiamen and

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Understanding the enigmatic Druze community at the heart of Syrian unrest

The White House is attributing the outbreak of violence in the Middle East between the Syrian government and Israel to a "misunderstanding" over ethnic grudges.

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The Druze are a religious sect. Here's a look at their beliefs and history

The Druze religious sect, enmeshed in an outbreak of tit-for-tat violence in Syria, began roughly 1,000 years ago as an offshoot of Ismailism, a branch of Shiite Islam.

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INTERVIEW - Druze spiritual leader in Lebanon urges Arab, Turkish mediation to end fighting in Syria’s Suwayda

Israel is the primary beneficiary of what’s happening in Suwayda. It is using the security vacuum to incite divisions and push some communities toward seeking protection,’ Sheikh Sami Abil-Mona tells